Ondo Acting Governor, Aiyedatiwa, orders Council Chairmen, Councilors to vacate their offices

Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has asked all Chairmen, Councillors, and elected officials of the state’s Local Government Areas to quit their positions.

According to this platform, the order comes after their tenure expires on Wednesday, August 30th, 2023.

In a statement published by his spokesperson, Kenneth Odusola-Stevenson, the acting governor thanked local government officials while cautioning them to transfer over correctly.

The Aiyedatiwa decree will be issued roughly six months before the state’s local government elections.

The council election was originally slated for December of this year, but it has to be moved to February of 2024.

“The constitutional tenure of the elected Chairmen and Councillors of Local Governments in Ondo State ends today, 30th August 2023,” the acting governor said in a statement.

“This implies that all Chairmen and Councillors will resign from their positions and hand over administration of the Local Governments.”

“Accordingly, and in order to avoid a vacuum, the Acting Governor of Ondo State, Hon Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has directed the Heads of Local Government Administration in the eighteen (18) Local Governments across the State to take charge of the administration of the Local Governments immediately, pending further directives from the State Government.”