PEEVED by their alleged exclusion from Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE- P, by the chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Area Transition Committee, Delta State, Mr Friday Akpoyibo, physically challenged persons shut down the secretariat.
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Akpoyibo, according to sources, fled his office before the aggrieved disabled persons arrived the council's secretariat, on Friday, adding that a bus belonging to the National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, was nearly vandalized.
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Quick intervention of the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Ughelli 'A' Division, Mr. Gardo Garaji, was said to have saved the situation.
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Chanting war songs, the disabled persons alleged that the council chairman made several unfulfilled promises to them, vowing to cripple activities of the council if their demand was met.
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Urging Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan to come to their rescue by prevailing on Akpoyibo to carry them along in the running of the council, the physically challenged persons.
I just hope they all resolve whatever is causing the conflict. It really makes no sense for them to keep dragging the issue....