Tenure elongation is alien to our constitution – Fubara

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State at the inauguration of the Caretaker Chairmen of the 23 local government areas in the state, declared: “tenure elongation is alien to our constitution.”

Local Govt Caretaker Chairmen inaugurated in Port Harcourt

According to Governor Fubara, “as nature abhors a vacuum, our action is to ensure that we don’t give vent to tenure elongation which is alien to our constitution.”

A section of LG Caretaker Committee sworn-in in Port Harcourt

The governor in a statement highlighted, @SimFubaraKSC

“In furtherance of our determined steps to stabilise our polity, I swore-in Chairmen of Caretaker Committees to manage the affairs of our 23 Local Government Areas after the expiration of the tenure of the immediate past Chairmen.

“As nature abhors a vacuum, our action is to ensure that we don’t give vent to tenure elongation which is alien to our constitution. Upon swearing-in, I charged the caretaker chairmen to protect the interest of their people in the grassroots leadership and to promote peace and order in their domains.

Cross-section of LG Caretaker Committee Chairmen in Rivers State

“As a government that strongly adheres to accountability, I also ordered for the audit of the activities of the administration of the 23 Local Government Areas in the past three years in order to ascertain the proper utilization of funds within the period.”