Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has directed the outgoing council chairmen to hand over affairs of the council to their respective Director of Personnel Management, pending the constitution of a Transition Management Committee (TMC) to man the councils.
The Governor gave the directive on Thursday when he hosted the outgoing council and development areas officials, to a farewell meeting.
The tenure of the Chairmen comes to an end on May, 28, 2021.
The governor appreciated the outgoing officials for supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC), as well as his administration.
He specifically thanked them for supporting his administration in the areas of security and governance, particularly in youth and women empowerment and their support towards curtailing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The governor acknowledged that there had been challenges during the past two years of his administration, with the councils unable to pay staff salaries, as well as pension of retirees.
Governor Sule blamed the situation on dwindling resources from the federation account, as well as the inability of the councils to generate enough internal revenue, to support local government expenses.
The governor assured that his administration will continue to work, towards resolving the lingering challenges in the councils, as it affects payment of workers salary and compensation for retirees.
He assured that his administration will not hinder any of the outgoing council officials to recontest election, ahead of the forthcoming council election.
He however pointed out that, some of the outgoing chairmen and overseers, may be retained as TMCs in order to guide the state government.
