No fewer than 450 former Councilors who served in the 25 local government areas of Delta State between October 2014 to October 2017 are set for a showdown with the Delta State Government over unpaid severances.
The Councilors who were elected under the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), across the state, said they have harnessed every peaceful means for the severances to be paid but the state government had been adamant.
The ex-councillors had in several letters notified the state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chief Patrick Ukah, Auditor-General (local government), Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and other concerned authorities on the need for the payment of their severances.
The letters signed by former leaders and representatives of the 25 local government areas in the state, revealed that council Chairmen, Vice Chairmen and Supervisors whom they served with had been paid in full.
According to the Councilors, “we have harnessed all possible avenues to ensure that the state government led by our own party men pay us our severance in full had failed.
“We have no option than to tell the world of how we are being marginalized by our own party leaders.
“Official letters of the protest signed by 25 former Councilors, representing the 25 local government areas have been sent to security agencies and concerned authorities of our proposed protest which will be carried out soon.
“If they fail to listen to us after the protest, we will proceed to Ministry of Finance and other relevant agencies in Abuja to ensure that our severances are paid. Enough of the injustices against us by our own party”.
