Prior to the The Local Government Council elections in Delta State coming up in July this year, there is a fracas on the zoning formula for the Chairmanship position in some Local Government Councils in the state, this resulted in protests staged by various groups over which clan is equitably qualified to produce the next Chairman of The Councils.
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In Ughelli North Constituency 1, Chief Moses Ogegere, Chairman and Comrade Ubini Isaac, Secretary, Agbarha PDP Elite Forum, (APEF), in an address to the Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, said their ward has not been treated fairly in terms of appointments despite its huge votes during elections, he lamented that they have been ignored for appointments and observed that, “to balance the equation of power distribution sir, there is a need for Agbarha ward to produce the next council chairman.”
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In Aniocha South local government area of the state, a group known as Equity Crusaders in Nsukwa Clan, claims it is their own turn to produce the next Chairmanship candidate although three clans are in serious contestation over which clan is equitably qualified to produce the next Chairman, the clans are: Ogwashi Uku, Ubulu-Ukwu and Nsukwa.
They faulted Hon Joan Onyemaechi, The Delta State Commissioner for Education (Technical) and former member of the House of Representatives member for Aniocha/Oshimili federal constituency for trying to disrupt the zoning formula due to alleged greed and avarice.
They posited that she lost her wards and units to opposition parties in the last governorship and State House of Assembly elections in the state.
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In his response , The Commissioner, Onyemaechi, said, “I refuse to be blackmailed by those who see politics as their farmland. The tussle for power is normal, but when you do it in the wrong way, it becomes injurious to you.
I perfectly understand what it means to have power and to be in power. “Nobody can blackmail me because I am an appointee of the government and my brother at the same time is contesting for the office of chairman in our local government area. I am not the first person who had been favoured to be in government and at the same time having a relation who is also in government.
“My appointment is at the discretion of the Governor, while that of my brother is his right to contest and based on the zoning arrangement in my local government area, he deserves to do a second term as Chairman,” she said.
