Governor Wike Dissolves 22 LGA Chairmen In Rivers State

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has on Thursday, October 8, sacked 22 caretaker committee chairmen out of the 23 local government areas of the state. In a statement at the Rivers state government house signed by Opunabo Inko Tariah, the senior special adviser on media and publicity to the governor, Wike said: “The dissolution is with immediate effect. The twenty two caretaker committees are to handover to the various heads of local government administration.”

The former caretaker committee chairmen had spent the statutory three months allowed in office by the constitution and the state government law. The three-month tenure of the chairmen expires today.

He said: “The statutory three months tenure for Caretaker committees expires today.”

However, no new caretaker committees have been constituted and sworn in to take over the various Local Government Council administration.