Members of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Rivers state chapter, weekend dissociated itself from the planned protest against hunger billed to commence on August 1 across the country.
Addressing a press conference in Port Harcourt, the ALGON members, comprising chairmen of caretaker committees in the 23 local government areas of the state, said they are totally against the planned protest because it was capable of being hijacked by hoodlums to loot and destroy valuable properties and cause break down of law and order.
Speaking on behalf of members of ALGON in the state, the caretaker committee mayor of Port Harcourt City local government council, Prince Ichemati Ezebunwo, said the state has been peaceful, adding that it was unnecessary to allow agents of destabilisation to plunge the state into palpable instability, anarchy and chaos with needless protest and disorganised demonstrations.
Ezebunwo also reiterated the unalloyed support and commitment of the ALGON members to the implementation of the key objectives of Mr President’s policies and programmes as enunciated in the Renewed Hope Agenda of the federal government.
He said: “Sequel to the Joint Accounts Allocation Committee (JAAC) meeting of June, 2024, where intense deliberations were held and resolutions reached on measures to adopt in improving the lives of our people at the grassroots, and the swift release of allocations due the local government councils, we, the members of ALGON, Rivers state chapter, state that we thank Mr President, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for the timely and unhindered release of allocations for the various local government councils.”