“๐‹๐„๐“ ๐ƒ๐„๐‹๐“๐€๐๐’ ๐๐‘๐„๐€๐“๐‡๐„- ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€”.

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๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ: 4๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น, 2025

 

๐—•๐˜†: ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ถ (๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜…), ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ,๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

 

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The 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) clearly states in ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป 14(2)(b) that โ€œthe 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 ownersโ€”all in the name of revenue. While Section 7(5) of the Constitution gives councils the power to generate income, it was never intended to ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง.

 

In Sokoto State, local governments give monthly cash aid to residents. Thatโ€™s governance. Here in Delta, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž’๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž, ๐ง๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ, 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. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ 8% ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ.

 

To make matters worse, ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐š๐ฑ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ roam freely, bullying citizens with ๐Ÿ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐ฌ, while the authorities look away.

 

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ:

 

โ€ข ๐€๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ฑ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

 

โ€ข ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ

 

โ€ข ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ค๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ฑ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

 

โ€ข ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ-๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

 

Let the government empower, not oppress. ๐‹๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž.

 

Signed:

๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ถ(๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜…)

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

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