The Oyo State House of Assembly, on Thursday, extended the
tenure of caretaker transition committee chairmen in 33 local
government and LCDAs in the state by 4 months.
The lawmakers unanimously approved the extension
following a letter from the Executive Governor Abiola Ajimobi seeking
for the extension of the caretaker chairmen.
Reading the letter, Speaker of the House, Mr. Michael
Adeyemo said, the Governor stated in the letter that the extension of
tenure became imperative due to the adjournment of the court case on
creation of some Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs which was
adjourned to October this year.
It would be recalled that Governor Ajimobi appointed the current Caretaker Chairmen in March 2017.
The Speaker also added that the Assembly was still
expecting from the executive, the replacement of three names of
caretaker nominees disqualified by the honourable members.
He noted that the house can not stampede the executive to present the names because they don’t have legal right to do so.
Speaking after the plenary, the chairman committee on
Local government and Chieftaincy, Hon. Badmus Bolaji said the extension
is necessary so as not to create vacuum in the administration of the
local council.