Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra on Monday
inaugurated the 20 newly elected chairmen of local government councils in the
state.
Obi, while congratulating them for
emerging victorious in the elections, urged them to provide quality service to
the people, saying ``it is call to service’’.
He said that his administration
respected the Nigerian Constitution that local government system should be
democratised every two years, but many obstacles delayed it in the state until
now.
The governor said the state
government worked tirelessly because of its importance to ensure that the local
government system in the state was democratised.
``Some reactionaries did everything
to stop it and we fought hard to conduct the elections. We have done everything
to make local government work.
``And today, the dream of the third
tier of government is on the right path of progress with the completion of many
new projects,’’ he said.
Obi said the election of the new
chairmen was an invitation to service, pointing out that ``they are expected to
be servants of the people’’.
According to him, the mandate you
have today is from the people, everything available in your council belong to
them, including the resources.
``You must be answerable to them at
all time,’’ he told the chairmen.
He urged them to work with the
newly elected governor, Chief Willie Obiano and his Deputy, Dr Nkem Okeke, who
would be sworn-in on March 17.
``They are the people we chose; you
must cordially work with them and also learn your lessons from them. All of you
will work to build a better Anambra.’’
The Chairman, Oyi Local Government,
Mr Charles Okafor, who responded on behalf of his colleagues, commended Obi’s
doggedness, quality leadership style and prudent management of resources.
Okafor commended the governor for
the opportunity given to them to be part of his transformation agenda in the
state.
NAN reports that the APGA won 20
chairmanship seats out of 21 as well as 304 councillorship seats out of the 327
wards. (NAN)
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