Sen. Ikpea Appeals To APC Chairmanship Candidates To Use LG Autonomy To Provide Development





Sen. Ikpea Appeals To APC Chairmanship Candidates To Use LG Autonomy To Provide Development

By Editor, Iduozee Efe Paul 

The Senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District, Senator Joseph Ikpea, has urged incoming local government chairmen in Edo State to leverage the full autonomy now available to them to drive development at the grassroots.

Speaking at the All Progressives Congress, APC, Edo Central Senatorial District campaign flag-off for the July 11 local government election, Senator Ikpea also advised them to be prudent in managing council finances.

He warned that financial recklessness would attract the attention of anti-graft agencies.

“The autonomy you will enjoy as chairmen is meant to bring development directly to the people. Use it well, and be transparent in the management of local government resources to avoid running afoul of the law,” he said.

Addressing the APC local government chairmanship candidates, the senator said: “Once you are elected and resume office, you should be prudent. That is really the major thing, be prudent. Once you are prudent and ensure that what comes is not made for you for your pocket, it is for you to develop your local government then you will be fine because by time you feel it is your money and you do the wrong thing. EFCC is there to invite them.

“You have autonomy now but you do not have immunity like the executive governor.

“Know that as a council chairman you can be invited by EFCC anytime even while in the office. So my advice for you is that you should be very prudent.”

The senator,who noted that Governor Monday Okebholo was doing so much for the people of the state, charged the would-be local government chairmen to replicate what the state government is doing in the various local government areas.

On his activities in the senate, Senator Ikpea said he would ensure that all the inputs of the governor before he was elected to represent Edo Central would be implemented in addition to the ones he was already initiating.

Ikpea added that as the Senate Committee Chairman on Drugs and Narcotics, he would continue to embark on campaigns against drugs and substance abuse and also create empowerment programmes and jobs for the youths in the Senatorial District to complement the state government efforts.

Ikpea said Governor Okpebholo had done enough to ensure victory for the APC in the local government election and urged the members of the party to use those developmental strides to campaign to the people to vote for APC councilors and chairmanship candidates in the five local government areas that make up Edo Central Senatorial Districts and other parts of the state.

 

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