Jigawa Assembly extends tenure of council chairmen

The Speaker of Jigawa State House of Assembly, Hon. Idris Garba Jahun has announced the tenure extension of local government council chairmen in the state from two to three years of two consecutive terms.

The Speaker, who made the announcement the plenary session, said this followed the amendment of section 6 (1) of the Local Government Law of Jigawa State 2012, which also provided that under the law, a person who serves as elected chairman for two terms is exempted to stand for election by the law.

Hon. Garba said the amendment also mandated the Governor and the state House of Assembly to suspend or remove from office any local government chairman, vice chairman, supervisory councillor and councillor found guilty of criminal offence or official misconduct.

Meanwhile, the House of Assembly has amended the House Standing Rules 2017 Order 9 rule 27 on the conduct of business of each plenary session and Order 13 Rule 56 (1) mandating the Speaker to chair all committees of the whole house and report progress at plenary.

Zainab Sa’id