Gov Lalong dissolves LGs’ Mgt C’ttees

By Marie-Therese Nanlong

Jos—Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has dissolved the Management Committees of the 17 local government areas of the state and directed the chairmen to handover to the Directors of Personnel Management of the councils.

Lalong, in statement by his Director of Press and Publicity, Emmanuel Nanle, commended the dissolved officials for their efforts in adding value to governance in the state and wished them well in their future endeavours.

The statement read: “Governor Simon Lalong has approved the dissolution of the existing Local Government Transi-tion Committees with effect from Thursday, June 29.

“The Chairmen and Management Committee members are to immediately hand over the running of affairs of the Local Governments to the Directors of Personnel Management pending further actions in line with the provision of law.

“It will be recalled that the Governor had, in exercise of his powers under the edict providing for the establishment and administration of the Local Government Councils 2005, as Amended, and subject to the ratification of the House of Assembly, constituted the Manage-ment Committees, whose tenure expired by effluxion of time on June 28.”

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