6th July, 2015
Governor Simon Lalong of the central Nigerian Plateau state, on Monday dissolved the 17 Local Government Councils in the state.
Simultaneously, he approved the appointment of Mrs Hulda Fwangchi as the new Head of Service of the State to replace Mr Ezekiel Dalyop.
Until her appointment, Mrs Fwangchi was a Permanent Secretary with the Plateau Government.
A statement issued in Jos by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Rufus Bature, said that the dissolution of the councils was in exercise of the powers conferred on the governor by the Constitution.
It directed the local council chairmen, councillors and other political appointees to handover all government property in their care to Directors of Personnel Management (DPM) in the councils.
The local government chairmen and councillors were elected into office in February 2014.
“The governor directs all dissolved chairmen of councils; all members of the executive arm, councillors and other political appointees to hand over all government properties in their possession to directors of personnel management.
“Security operatives in the various local governments and particularly the Divisional Police Officers and members of the various labour unions are to ensure that all government properties are secured in the custody of the DPMs,“it said.
Lalong, according to the statement, thanked members of the dissolved councils and the former head of service for their selfless services and wished them well in their future endeavours.
It added that the governor assured them that their wealth of experience would be relied upon from time to time in the course of governing the state.