Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has faulted opposition parties for his failure to conduct local government elections in the state in the last six years. He added that the opposition knew that they have been trying to sabotage the election and one good way to do that is through litigation.
Masari told a media parley that the state government has been to the
state’s High Court, the Federal High Court and up to the Supreme Court
not once, and not twice.
The Governor also accused the opposition of breaking their litigations
into fractions so as to prolong the issue of local government elections
and even make it impossible during his tenure.
He explained that the opposition was skeptical about local government
elections in the state by claiming that government was not sincere about
its plan to conduct them in the first quarter of 2022.
Masari added that following the Supreme Court judgment, government
set up a committee and almost 98 per cent of the payment to the affected
officials was completed. He said another committee was set up to
conduct the local government elections in the first quarter of the new
year.
Masari however reiterated his position on power shift to the southern
part of the country in 2023, saying that would help to consolidate the
nation’s federalism.
