Don’t Parade Yourself As LG/LCDA Chairman Without Appointment Letter,  OYSG Warns

By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Oyo State Government on Wednesday warned the 54 newly appointed  Caretaker Chairmen of the Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas in the state not to parade themselves as chairmen without appointment letters from the state government.
The state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr. Bimbo Kolade handed down the warning while presenting letters of appointment to the 54 Caretaker Chairmen of the Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas sworn-in by Governor Abiola Ajimobi last Friday.
He stressed that any individual “not given appointment letter should not parade himself as a caretaker chairman”.
Presenting the letters of appointment to the 27 Caretaker chairmen of Local governments and 27 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) at the House of Chiefs, Secretariat, Ibadan,the Commissioner  said the state’s executive arm of government was acting in consonant with the deliberations of the State House of Assembly,
“We want to put it on record that we have acted in accordance with the clearance we got from the House of Assembly. The Executive arm sent 57 names to the state House of Assembly for clearance. It consists of 28 names as Caretaker Chairmen for 28 local government areas and another 29 names for 29 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) recently created by the state. We have given caretaker chairmen of 27 LGAs and 27 LCDAs appointment letters”he said.
He stressed that five LGAs and six LCDAs did not have any nomination due to the ongoing litigation in relation to council delineation and proposed conduct of council polls in the state.
“The Caretaker chairmen of Lagelu West LCDA, Asabari LCDA and Irepo LG were not given letters.  Also, the four councils in Oyo, namely Oyo West, Oyo East, Atiba and Afijio, as well as Oriire LG in Ogbomoso zone were exempted as no nominee presented due to the ongoing litigation in relation to council delineation and proposed conduct of council polls. The same thing applied to the six newly created LCDAs in Oyo zone and Oriire Local ‎government of the state”.
He however urged the new caretaker chairmen “to see to the development of their councils and communities as no chairman is superior to the other”.