Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Gombe State chapter has rejected plans by Governor Inuwa Yahaya to appoint caretaker chairmen for the 11 local government councils in the state.
The planned appointment follows the expiration of the tenure of the elected chairmen last week.
Addressing journalists in Gombe on Wednesday, IPAC officials led by its Public Relations Officer (PRO) Abubakar Aliyu urged the governor to conduct another election to produce new leaders for local government councils not appointing caretakers.
He said, Governor Yahaya has applied to the Gombe State House of Assembly to be allowed to appoint caretakers for the local government councils.
Aliyu said, the appointment of caretakers contravenes the Nigerian constitution which stipulated that the system of local government should be democratic by having elected councils.
The IPAC’s PRO said, “The irregular interval for delaying in conducting the local government election as well as the appointment of caretakers to serve and supervise the administrative functions of the local government as chairmen is unconstitutional, illegal, null and void.
“Therefore, in opposing the effort to the Executive Governor of Gombe State to appoint Caretakers to supervise the administrative functions of the eleven 11 local Government Councils of Gombe State.
“We call on the Gombe State Government henceforth to make arrangement for conducting local Government election in Gombe State”.
