Fashola Dissolves Council Excos as 3-year tenure expires

As the three-year statutory tenure of all council chairmen and councillors expired yesterday, Tuesday, October 28, 2014, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has directed the bosses in the 20 Local Government Areas, LGAs, and 37 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, to handover administration to managers in their respective council.

It will be recalled that the out-going council bosses were sworn into office in October 2011 after emerging winners in the council polls across the state in which then Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, now All Progressives Congress, APC, won across board defeating contenders of other political parties.

The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Aderemi Ibirogba, who announced the development to council bosses, said that consequently, all affected officials, including Supervisors, Council Secretaries and other political appointees are legally required to vacate their offices by close of business by yesterday.

According to Ibirogba "Chairmen are hereby directed to co-ordinate the exercise and hand over to the council managers in their respective Local Governments who will take charge of the administration until further notice."
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