ATN learnt that the local government chairmen whose tenure expired on July 26 were

elected on July 24, 2021, and sworn in by Governor Dapo Abiodun on July 26, 2021.

Secretary to the State Government, Tokunbo Talabi, during a meeting with the

HOLGAs in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, urged them to continue to promote political and

socio-economic stability at the grassroots. Talabi assured them of the state

government’s continued support to reinvigorate the economy at the grassroots. He

maintained that the Abiodun-led administration would remain committed to grassroots

development through the ongoing provision of infrastructure, and by ensuring the

execution of projects that would have an impact on the well-being and welfare of the

people.

Responding on behalf of the HOLGAs, Director, Management Services, Local

Government Service Commission, Babatunde Owolabi, appreciated the governor for

the high level of confidence reposed in the HOLGAs to hold forth at the grassroots.

Owolabi noted that the onerous responsibilities would require synergy in achieving

government’s policies and programmes at the LGAs, pledging their determinations to

live up to expectation.

Others at the meeting were, the Head of Service, Mr. Kehinde Onasanya,

Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy, Ganiyu Hazmat, Permanent

Secretary, Local Government Service Commission, Olanike Oguntona and her

counterpart in the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Olurotimi

Akinlesi, among others.