Following the resolution of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday relieving the executive secretaries of the 57 Local Governments Councils and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state of their responsibilities, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the immediate dissolution of the caretaker committees.
In a statement signed by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Tunji Bello, the governor also directed the executive secretaries to hand over the reins of administration to the head of administration in each of the council areas.
Thursday’s dissolution of the caretaker committees is preparatory to the holding of elections into the 57 council areas by the state government and ensuring that the necessary machinery is put in place ahead of the exercise.
The House of Assembly had also on April 22 passed into law a bill recommending a four-year tenure for elected local government helmsmen instead of the three years that hitherto obtained.
Former Governor Babatunde Fashola inaugurated the now dissolved caretaker committees which were headed by executive secretaries on January 5, 2015.
