N1 Billion: Over Alleged Lopsided Sharing Formula, Sacked Secretaries, Chiefs of Staff, Supervisory Councilors Set For Showdown With Ex ALGON Chairmen

Following display of alleged egocentrism, greed and financial impropriety by the illegally sacked and ex Chairmen of Association of Local Government of Nigeria(ALGON) in Oyo State, their secretaries, chief of staffs and supervisory councilors have drawn a battle line with them over the injustice and unfairness treatment meted on them in respect of the sharing template on the disbursed N1 Billion RECEIVED so far by the Judgment Creditor.

The forum berated the ex-ALGON chairmen for lack of discretion and total disrespect to its members on the adopted sharing formula.

According to the group, it described the sharing template adopted by the Judgment Creditor (Ex-ALGON) as wicked, derisive and rude. It noted that the Ex ALGON cruelly arrived at N2.5M each for the executive chairmen, N1.5M each for the vice chairmen, N1.3M each for Leaders of the house, N1.2M each for the councilors, while sanctioning a paltry 90k each for the secretaries,Chiefs of Staff and Supervisory Councillors, it described this as ‘greed taken too far’ .

In their reactions, the ex F&GPC members of the local Govts and LCDAs’ lamented that the decision taken by the ex chairmen of ALGON was a cruel kindness and apparently an embarrassment on their members who also constitute an important layer in ALGON. The group called for immediate review of the highly debasing sharing formula in the interest of justice, peace and fairness. It described all compliance with this sharing formula as heartless and vicious

The group noted that the Ex-ALGON struggle was beyond elected officials alone.

Noting further, the group opined that the bulk of the money utilized to prosecute the protracted court case was not solely from Chairmen, It was sourced from Multiple channels including serving national assembly members, forum of Local Government appointees, individuals.

This newspaper learnt that the forum of Secretaries, COS and Supervisors has now requested the service of a competent lawyers for legal advice and steps to be taken to sustain the course of justice.

It was gathered that they have equally met with the ex chairman of ALGON in person of Hon. Abass Aleshinloye, Hon Jesutoye, Comrade Ajuwon and the likes over injustice being meted on them, and they vowed that they would soon embark on mother of all protests soonest, if they feel reluctance to correct the injustice.

While justifying their stance, the Secretaries, Chiefs of Staff and Supervisory Councilors claimed that the same chairmen who had been in offices for nearly a year before their appointments refused to pay their backlogs of salary and statutory entitlements despite being appointed 3 months before the inglorious dissolution.

They condemned the ex chairmen for proving that they are entitled to take the lion shares, having stood in positions to sign the documents and all correspondences that necessitated their appointments across the local governments.

With alleged injustice, findings had shown that the secretaries, CoS and Supervisory Councilors would soon embark on mother of all protests, not minding the service of a lawyer who on their behalf will seek legal interpretation of involvement in the administration of the local council.

They fumed that they cannot accept the money to be disbursed into their respective bank accounts, because they all suffered, faced hell and battles while the goings were tough.

They reiterated that they would not back down nor surrender in the current duel, stressing that an injustice to one is an injustice to all.

They concluded that the ex chairmen are self-centered, wicked and unfeeling over their stance to allocate such a huge share to themselves, while only approving such a ridiculous and meager amount to the appointees.