Governor of Adamawa State Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has directed the newly elected chairmen of the state’s 21 native authorities areas to concentrate on good governance on the grassroots.
He gave the marching orders on the swearing-in of the council bosses in Yola, the state capital.
Fintiri additionally instructed them to discharge their duties responsibly and chorus from absenteeism.
The state chapter of the Folks’s Democratic Occasion (PDP) received all 21 chairmanship seats and 225 councillorship positions, whereas the New Nigeria Folks’s Occasion (NNPP) acquired one councillorship slot in Demsa LG.
Justice Hafsat Abdurrahman, the state chief choose, administered the oath of workplace and allegiance to the chairmen.
Governor Fintiri challenged the chairmen to eschew corruption and run an inclusive administration.
He urged them to keep away from absenteeism in workplace, as his administration wouldn’t condone the chairmen’s behavior of abandoning their duties with out real causes.
Fintiri saluted the Adamawa State Impartial Electoral Fee (ADSIEC) for conducting the election, which is extensively acknowledged as among the best and most credible within the state’s historical past.
In his goodwill message, the state PDP chairman, Barr A. T. Shehu, chairmen, mentioned they have been elected primarily based on Fintiri’s integrity and urged them to emulate him and ship good governance.
In a vote of thanks on behalf of his colleagues, Suleiman Ahmed, chairman of the native authorities space of Toungo, mentioned the mandate given to them wouldn’t have been doable with out Fintiri’s good management.
He reaffirmed their dedication to diligently discharge their duties and work by the current administration’s improvement agenda in the perfect curiosity of the Adamawa folks.
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