Cross River: PDP, ALGON clash over local government funds

The Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in Cross River State, Chief Yibala Inyang, says council areas in the state are well funded.
Inyang, who is also Chairman of Yakurr LGA, was reacting to a statement by the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Arthur Jarvis, that councils have been starved of funds.
Arthur Jarvis accused the state government of “handcuffing and choking” local government funds in violation of the Supreme Court judgment on LG autonomy.
This, he explained, has destroyed rural electrification, feeder roads for farmers, community health centres and the basic quality of life of rural dwellers, and promised to unshackle funds...