Governor UMO ENO has directed all Transition Chairmen of the 31 Local Government Areas in the State to submit their achievements in the last six months in office.

 

As contained in a released signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. EKERETE UDOH, the directive formed part of Governor UMO ENO’s commitment to ensure, accountability and service delivery.

 

According to the release, the verifiable achievements recorded will enable effective and more robust planning for the next phase of governance.

 

The Transition Chairmen are to channel their scorecard through the Office of the Commissioner for Local and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. FRANK ARCHIBONG and must get to the Governor on or before May 20th, 2024.

A legal practitioner, Barrister EKEMINI UDIM has berated the plans by Governor UMO ENO to extend the tenure of Local Government Transition Chairmen in the State.

 

The Lawyer who insisted that there is need for election to be conducted across the local government Areas in the state, called on the State House of Assembly to make a presentation to the Governor as well as the State Electoral Commission, AKISIEC for election to be conducted in line with the constitution.

 

Recall that last week Thursday, legislators after deliberating the content of Governor UMO ENO’s letter for extension of the tenure of Local Government transition chairmen, which ends in June declined approval to the request.

 

Reacting to this, Barrister EKEMINI UDIM in an exclusive interview with Inspiration FM news stated that the proposal to extend the tenure of the Transition Chairmen is unacceptable by law.

 

The legal Practitioner insisted that it has become pertinent for the Government to allow machineries in place for democratically elected persons to emerge and man the local government areas.

 

Barrister EKEMINI UDIM lauded the decision of the House of Assembly to reject the proposal, but noted that introducing an assessment tour to rate performance of the non elected chairmen is jamboree.