The Oyo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, announced the indefinite suspension of the caretaker chairmen of eight Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) and five Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.
This followed the failure of the 13 caretaker chairmen to submit a comprehensive list of graders, bulldozers, flat-bed trucks and other earth-moving equipment in their domain as requested by the state assembly.
It will be recalled that the Assembly had given an October 23 ultimatum to the chairmen of local councils to submit the report or risk suspension.
This ultimatum followed the failure of 95 percent of the chairmen to heed an earlier call from the Assembly on August 18 to submit the same report.
The affected councils are Akinyele East LCDA, Ido LGA, Oluyole LGA, Ibadan North East LG, Lagelu West LCDA, Soro LCDA, Ogbomoso Central LCDA, Ogbomoso South West LCDA, Ajorosun LCDA, Ibarapa North West LCDA, Itesiwaju LGA, Oyo East LGA and Oyo South East LCDA.
The Honourable Adebo Ogundoyin-led Assembly subsequently directed the secretaries of the affected councils to take over.
Nigerian Tribune