From Tom Garba, Yola
Governor of Adamawa State, Jibrilla Bindow on Wednesday assented a law to reduce the tenure of Local Government Council from two and half years to two years.
Commissioner of Information and Strategic Planning, Comrade Ahmad Sajoh in a press release said: “The bill is now to be known as Adamawa State Law No. 5 of 2016 amends Adamawa state Local Government System Administration law No. 4 of 2000 so as to reduce the tenure of Local Government council”.
The bill, which was sponsored by the member representing Yola North, Hon. Alhaji Suleiman Alkali, is the first to be passed into law in the state.
The bill passed third reading yesterday and was presented by the House Committee Chairman on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Muhammadu Hayatu , who said the bill was in order as most states were operating two-year tenure
In her contribution before the passage of the bill, Mrs Sodom Daniel urged the House on the need to also review the over-deductions of councils’ monthly allocation to enable the councils perform within two years.
Speaker of the House, Alhaji Kabiru Mijinyawa, who presided over the plenary directed the Clerk to send a clean copy of the bill to the governor for his accent.
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