Fresh controversy in Plateau Over Lalong’s Appointment of LG Committees
POLITICS DIGEST – There were fresh controversies following the recent appointment by Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State of the management committee chairmen in four council areas on Tuesday.
Lalong had appointed the All Progressives Congress candidates who won their primaries preparatory to the botched October 2018 council poll to run the affairs in the affected four council areas of Jos North, Jos South, Riyom and Barkin Ladi.
Last week, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party described the action of the governor as illegal.
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Also, a forum of PDP candidates and councillors equally rejected the appointment of the interim committees, calling for a fresh election in the four council areas.
The controversy over the appointment of the management committees continued on Tuesday with a group under the aegis of Autochthonous People of Jos North, calling on the governor to reverse the appointment or be ready to contend with the people.
Leaders of the group, including Mrs Theresa Kaze, Jonathan Nyako, Daniel Garuba and Da Chollom Gyang, at a press conference in Jos, accused the governor of imposing a non-indigene of Hausa origin on the people as the chairman of the Jos North LGA to pave the way for their age-old quest for an emir of Jos.
The group said, “We observe that the imposition of the APC candidates as new management committee members for Jos North, Jos South, Barkin Ladi and Riyom is coming a few months after Governor Lalong tested the waters under the guise of traditional council reforms.
