The chairmen of all the 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas in Lagos State have vacated their offices.
It was learnt that the council bosses stepped aside following a directive by Governor Babatunde Fashola that all council chairmen vacate their offices following the expiration of their mandatory three-year tenure.
It was learnt that following a refusal by the state government to conduct local government elections, it would be illegal for the council bosses to remain in office beyond the three years stipulated by the law.
The chairmen, therefore, handed over to their respective council managers.
Fashola had in a statement on Monday night, directed the council chairmen to vacate their offices following the expiration of their three-year statutory tenure on Tuesday October 28, 2014.
According to the statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Lateef Ibirogba, the three-year statutory tenure of all LG chairmen and councillors in the state had expired, adding that they had to vacate their offices on Tuesday.
The statement read in part, “Consequently, all affected officials, including supervisors, council secretaries and other political appointees are legally required to vacate their offices by close of business on the same day.
“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.
“It is expected that newly elected officials will resume office after the next local government elections to be scheduled and conducted by the State Independent Electoral Commission upon completion of the continuous voter registration, ward re-delineation and polling booth re-distribution exercise embarked upon by the Independent National Electoral Commission.”
It was learnt that in compliance with the directive, council chairmen in the state had started vacating their offices, though some were still allegedly lobbying to be retained to boost their political chances at the next local government election to be conducted by the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission at an undetermined date. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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