The body languages between the Executive Arm and the Legislative Arm of Ndokwa east local government area of Delta State could be described as the “Battle of Armageddon”, as recorded in Revelation Chapter 16 verses 16.
This is as the legislators were on Tuesday August 10th 2021, denied access to the legislative chambers for plenary.
The lawmakers who arrived the chambers in Aboh, the administrative headquarters could not have access to the auditorium as the door was under lock and key.
Leader of the Legislative Arm, Prince Onuah said the lawmakers were shocked when they discovered that the door was locked with no council staff around to open it for legislative business.
Onuah disclosed that at their last sitting, they summoned the Head of Department (HOD), of Works as well as the Treasurer of the council to appear before the lawmakers on Tuesday.
“Surprising to us, when we got to the chamber today, it was locked, nobody was found there. All the civil servants that were supposed to be here before our arrival were not found. After waiting for two to three hours, we now went on press brief,” he said.
Asked if the council chairman, Mr. Juan Governor was aware of the situation, the Leader alleged: “the chairman is aware of the situation because as we were going, we saw the Clerk who presented a letter from the chairman to my office.
“The chairman is writing to my office that he is the Chief Executive Officer of the local government, that the Legislative Arm has no right to summon the HOD, works or the treasurer but that we should write to him.”
He said the Legislative Arm had no issue with the chairman, adding that “we are just doing what we were elected to do.”
Contacted, the council chairman, Juan Governor, also said he had no issue with the lawmakers, but noted that what played out on Tuesday morning was a script that was “well written and well dramatised.”
“As far as I am concerned I don’t have any issue with them. The job of the legislature is well defined, and the job of the executive is also well defined.
“Tell them to scan their letter and my own letter, and send to you. Otherwise if somebody can stage a drama for something that didn’t happen, I wonder what else they will tell you,” he added.
