Women’s group condemns impeachment of Bayelsa council chair

By Henry Umoru
ABUJA — The Women for 35% Initiative of the AJU Morgan Elumelu Foundation has condemned the impeachment of the Chairman of Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Hon. Alice Tangi Allen, by the state House of Assembly.
The foundation described the development as troubling, particularly because Allen was the only female among the eight elected local government chairmen in the state.
In a statement on Wednesday, Founder of the AJU Morgan Elumelu Foundation and Convener of the Women for 35% Initiative, Amb. AJU Elumelu, called on democratic institutions, civil society organisations, women’s groups and other stakeholders to closely monitor developments in Sagbama ...