The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has disclosed that he will soon appoint Caretaker Committees to run the local government areas and development centres in the state.
Umahi, who announced this during a parley with media executives in Abakaliki on Friday, said the appointment had become necessary as “we have realised that we cannot hold local government elections immediately.”
The governor added that: “The State House of Assembly had amended the law on local governments to enable us appoint caretaker committee chairmen; and had assented to our request to expand the management committees so that representation would be wider.”
He explained that stakeholders had been directed to go back and meet in their various constituencies to harmonise their choice for appointments as management committee members, development council coordinators and ward liaison officers.
The governor, who lamented the continued fall in the prices of crude oil and its negative effect on the allocations to the state, regretted that while the revenue accruing to the state was seriously declining, its debt profile was on the increase due to the high cost of projects he inherited from the past administration.
He, however, noted that the state Ministry of Works had invited contractors handling on-going projects to come for a joint measurement of work done to ascertain the actual value of the state indebtedness to them.
Governor Umahi also reiterated his administration’s determination to stamp out corruption from all the sectors of the state and urged all former political office holders indicted by the State House of Assembly, to quickly return to government all the monies allegedly stolen by them.
Umahi, who announced this during a parley with media executives in Abakaliki on Friday, said the appointment had become necessary as “we have realised that we cannot hold local government elections immediately.”
The governor added that: “The State House of Assembly had amended the law on local governments to enable us appoint caretaker committee chairmen; and had assented to our request to expand the management committees so that representation would be wider.”
He explained that stakeholders had been directed to go back and meet in their various constituencies to harmonise their choice for appointments as management committee members, development council coordinators and ward liaison officers.
The governor, who lamented the continued fall in the prices of crude oil and its negative effect on the allocations to the state, regretted that while the revenue accruing to the state was seriously declining, its debt profile was on the increase due to the high cost of projects he inherited from the past administration.
He, however, noted that the state Ministry of Works had invited contractors handling on-going projects to come for a joint measurement of work done to ascertain the actual value of the state indebtedness to them.
Governor Umahi also reiterated his administration’s determination to stamp out corruption from all the sectors of the state and urged all former political office holders indicted by the State House of Assembly, to quickly return to government all the monies allegedly stolen by them.
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