Assembly
Begins Performance Assessment Tour Of LGAs.
Following the controversy trailing the tenure extension
of Local Government Chairmen in Akwa-Ibom State, the State House of Assembly
Committee on Local Governments has commenced a fact finding tour of all the 31
council areas across the state, to evaluate their performances in the last six
months.
The legislature and Governor Umo Eno had initially traded
different positions on the tenure extension of the transition committee
chairmen in the state.
Eno had, in a letter to the Assembly, requested it to
pass a resolution for tenure extension of the sitting Local Government
Transition Committees in the 31 local Government areas whose tenure expires on
June 7, 2024, for another six months.
Speaking with Newsmen, the House Committee Chairman on
Information, Hon Jerry Otu, said the tour is in line with the standing order of
the house to evaluate the performances of the local Governments before making a
recommendation to the Governor for extension.
Otu, who represents Ikot Ekpene/Obot Akara State
Constituency, explained, however, that the House did not throw away the Governor’s request as reported in a section of the media, but only insisted
that it should use the period to assess and evaluate the performances of the
transition chairmen.
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