Nigerian comedian Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Ejekwu, popularly known as Sabinus, has questioned what local government chairmen do with the monthly allocations that come to their office.
Sabinus raised the concern in a video shared on his Instagram handle on Thursday, urging Nigerians to pay more attention to the activities of elected public office holders at the grassroots level.
The comedian, who identified himself as a Port Harcourt indigene, said he was particularly concerned about the poor state of infrastructure in some communities in the South-South region despite the funds allocated to local governments.
He questioned why some local government chairmen could not provide basic amenities such as streetlights in their respective areas.
“Make we talk something the way e suppose dey. I thought about something. Abeg, how many of una don ask our local government chairmen, councillors, House of Assembly members, House of Representatives members and governors, wetin dey happen to the money dem dey give them every month?” he said.
Using Rivers State as an example, Sabinus claimed that the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, was doing more in some parts of the South-South than certain state governments.
“The NDDC is even doing more than some state governments in this South-South. Local government chairmen cannot do streetlights in some streets in their own local government,” he added.
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