PDP kicks against caretaker chairmen in Niger

Niger State governor Abubakar Sani Bello at the
weekend inaugurated caretaker chairmen that would
oversee affairs of the 25 local government areas of the
state.
He charged them to replicate the ideals of the All
Progressives
Congress (APC) in their domains.
At the ceremony which took place at the Government
House, Minna,
Governor Bello urged the chairmen to be the leading
examples of “discipline and prudent management of
resources” at the third tier of government.
The governor, however, cautioned those he said were
“out to undermine his government” following the
protests that trailed the process of selection of the
caretaker chairmen in some local government areas to
desist or face the full wrath of the law.
“We cannot continue to promote agitation and violence.
Let not my sympathy and consideration deceive people
as weakness. Anyone or group found undermining this
government or creating public disturbance, the person
will be dealt with accordingly,” he said.
Meanwhile, the inauguration of the caretaker chairmen
did not go down well with the opposition Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), which sees the exercise as an
aberration.
The party said it would explore all legal means to
scuttle the process.
In a press briefing Friday, the party, through its state
chairman, Musa Ma’ali, said the caretaker committee
was a contraption outside the law of the land, and
wondered why the APC, which prides itself as apostle
of rule of law should initiate such illegality.
“We will explore all legal means as law abiding party to
fight this anomaly and ensure that the rule of law
triumphs in the end,” Ma’ali vowed.