Kenneth Ehigiator
13 October 2008
Senator Olorunimbe Mamora has stated the resolve of Lagos State Government and Action Congress (AC) to sack any local government chairman that fails to perform.He spoke against the backdrop of widely held notion of non-performance of political office holders at that level of governance.
Mamora, who spoke in an interaction with newsmen at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja, at the weekend, said the state government's determination to organise last weekend's local government elections must be complemented by delivery of democratic dividends at that level of governance.
According to him, some burden must be taken off Governor Babatunde Fashola, as failure of local government chairmen to perform in the past has put so much responsibilities on the state government.
"We will not hesitate to throw out of office any who fails to perform. We told them that before they contested for the seats. What we in the AC want are local governments who can take some burdens off the performing governor of the state," said Mamora, who represents Lagos Central Senatorial District in the Senate.
Mamora, who expressed confidence in the ability of the AC to sweep the local government poll conducted last Saturday, said his faith was based on the pattern that had already been established by the party in previous elections in the state.
He noted that since the party cleared the gubernatorial, Senatorial, House of Representatives and State House of Assembly elections during the last polls in April last year, it was only logical for the AC to repeat same at the local governmen t level.
He said: "Look at it, the AC won the governorship elections, has all three senators in the Senate, has all representaives in the House of Representatives and 38 of the 40 members of the State House of Assembly. You can see that a pattern has been established and it will be repeated in this local government elections."
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