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Wike Under Fire Over Suspension Of Council Chairmen In Rivers

August 4, 2020 10:39 am
The suspension of three elected local government chairmen by Rivers State governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has sparked a row between All Progressives Congress (APC) and Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) in Rivers State.
Amid the war of words between APC and ALGON, Governor Wike has been facing intense criticism also by civil society organisations, who deemed incessant suspension of council chairmen neither politically correct nor democratically appropriate.

It would be recalled that Governor Wike had, in April, suspended the chairmen of Abual/Odual and Degema Local Government Councils for failure to attend a meeting called for the inauguration of

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