Byย Victor Ojei
The 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) clearly states in ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป 14(2)(b) that โthe security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government.โ Yet, in Delta State, our 25 local government chairmen seem to have forgotten this duty.
Instead of improving lives, they unleash endless levies, task forces, and exploitative agents on market women, tricycle operators, and small business ownersโall in the name of revenue. While Section 7(5) of the Constitution gives councils the power to generate income, it was never intended to ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ง.
In Sokoto State, local governments give monthly cash aid to residents. Thatโs governance. Here in Delta, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐’๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐, ๐ง๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ, only exploitation. Meanwhile, our leaders travel abroad, enjoy the benefits of social welfare, but fail to replicate that system at home.
Even tenancy laws are ignored. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ 8% ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ซ.
To make matters worse, ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐ฑ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ roam freely, bullying citizens with ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฌ, while the authorities look away.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐ก๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ข๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ:
โข ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฑ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
โข ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ
โข ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ
โข ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ-๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
Let the government empower, not oppress. ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐.
Signed:
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