Tenure of Nasarawa council bosses ends in November
Lawmakers of the Nasarawa State Assembly have voted to end the tenure of all local government chairmen by November 3rd, 2010.
The decision came after lawmakers extended the
tenure of elected local government chairmen in the state’s 13 local
government and development areas.
The chairman, house committee on local government
and community development, Abdullahi Musa Aliyu, drew the attention of
the house to the issue. He noted that no election had been conducted at
the local government level, though the constitution and the local
government chairman amendment laws of 2008 only provided a tenure
period of two years for the position.
“They should hand over to the most senior civil
servants in their respective local government at the end of their
tenure,” he said.
Members of the state House of Assembly, led by Speaker of the House,
Musa Ahmed Mohammed, debated for two hours before arriving at a
unanimous decision.
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