Bayelsa: Southern Ijaw LGA crisis deepens

African Examiner

16 December 2011

Bayelsa: Southern Ijaw LGA crisis deepens
...Legislative council does not know chairman’s whereabouts

The last has not been heard about the crisis rocking the Southern Ijaw Local

Government Council Area of Bayelsa State as members of the Legislative

Arm of the council have vowed to empower the Vice Chairman, Hon. Felix

Bony-Ayah as substantive Chairman of the Council area of the State.

They argued that the long absence of the Council Chairman, Chief Tiwe

Orunimighe from office and his refusal to appear before a 7-man Disciplinary

Committee set up by the Local Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party

(PDP) violates Section 45 sub sec 2 of the Constitution.

Members of the legislative arm said the prolong absence of the council boss

is affecting the administrative work of the council and the non-payment of

salary and allowances of workers of the local government in the last two

months.