The five-month crisis that rocked the management of the Abia State department of the National Union of Local Government Employees has claimed the previous government members of the union.
Those already affected by the crises are Comrade Ikechi Nwaigwe and Comrade Abayomi Afolabi, who have been elected in May 2023 as the President and Secretary of NULGE in an election.
While Nwaigwe has been reportedly posted to a authorities ministry in the State, the previous Secretary of the Union, Afolabi, has been suspended by members for allegedly working in opposition to the pursuits of the union.
To this finish, a brand new Caretaker management has been inaugurated in the State to supervise the affairs of NULGE for about two weeks earlier than one other ballot is performed for the election of government members.
The Caretaker management is headed by Comrade Obinna Nwogu, amongst different leaders.
Inaugurating the Caretaker management lately in Umuahia, a former high shot of the union, Comrade Ijeoma Onyenucheya, tasked the Caretaker leaders of NULGE to conduct a free and truthful election whereas advising native authorities staff in the State to elect good individuals to steer their them.
Nwaigwe and Afolabi had been going through a sequence of challenges since May after their election, following the emergence of a factional management which claimed to be the genuine government.
Several bulletins, counter bulletins and different press releases have been issued by the 2 factions, with every celebration laying declare to have gained the May 2023 election.
In August, the National Leadership of NULGE stated it had expelled two executives of the union in Abia, specifically Kenneth Nwasuka and Ikechuckwu Uko, for allegedly working in opposition to the pursuits of NULGE in Abia.
The expulsion was later signed by Comrade Isa Gambo, NULGE National Secretary, and dated July 21, 2023.
But, a employees of the Abia State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Umuahia, who spoke to Media Talk Africa concerning the crises, absolved the current Abia State Government of any involvement, saying that the crises began earlier than it got here into energy.
The ministry’s employees stated it was fallacious to affiliate Governor Alex Otti’s administration with the crises in the union.
But members of the opposition celebration, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have been alleging that Otti’s administration has hijacked the capabilities of the native authorities in Abia.
Equally, the National President of NULGE, Comrade Ambali Akeem Olatunji, in late September, alleged that the Governor was interfering in the affairs of the NULGE in Abia.
He stated this at Akure through the inauguration of Comrade Frederick Akinrinlola as the NULGE President of Ondo State.
