EDO State House of Assembly, on Monday, dissolved the caretaker committees for the 18 local government areas of the state, saying that the decision is to ensure the enthronement of true democracy at the grass roots.
This came on the heels of indication that Governor Adams Oshiomhole might dissolve the state execu-tive council this week, ahead his second term inauguration ceremony scheduled for November 12.
The lawmaker repre-senting Egor constituency in the state House of Assembly, Paul Ohon-bamu, who raised the issue of the tenure of the caretaker committees under matters of urgent public importance, pointed out that it would be unconstitutional for the members of the commi-ttees to remain in office, since they were not democratically elected and consequently moved a motion for the dissolution.
The motion was secon-ded by Emma Okuduwa, the member representing Esan North East II, who also argued that their continued stay in office was an aberration.
The majority leader, Philip Shuaibu, agreed with the argument and thanked the members for their services.
Speaker of the assem-bly, Uyi Igbe, commended members of the commi-ttees for their efforts so far in ensuring governance at the grass roots and called on them to hand over property of the respective councils to their respective heads of administration.
In the meantime, some commissioners in the state have started moving their personal belongings out of offices, following speculation that Governor Oshiomhole may dissolve the cabinet anytime this week.
It was learnt that plans were on by the governor to send the list of would-be commissioners to the assembly, with a view to commencing his programmes immediately after the swearing-in.
The list of potential members of the new cabinet was said to be known only to the governor and some of his closest political associates, just as it was gathered that the governor decided to keep the list secret in order to stave off lobbyists.
The Tribune
Hilarious: FG engages SSS in distribution of textbooks to schools (with all the insecurity challenges in Nigeria? Give me a break!)
THE Federal Government has engaged operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) to monitor the distribution of its free textbooks to schools across the country for the Universal Basic Education (UBE).This is in a bid to check the problem of diversion and fraud that had characterised the distribution chain of the FGN/UBEC free instructional materials for basic education institutions.
Minister of State for Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, on Monday, signed a deal with the leadership of SSS on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education for effective monitoring of the 2012 supply of the textbooks and other instructional materials to schools.
Speaking at the headquarters of the SSS in Abuja on Monday during a visit to the Director-General of SSS, Mr Ekpeyong Ita, the minister stated that the direct involvement of security agencies at the highest level of command became necessary because of the illegal actions of officials of State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEB) found to be diverting the books meant for underprivileged Nigerian children.
Under the partnership, operatives of SSS in the 36 state commands and Abuja would participate in the distribution of the free textbooks meant for the 774 local government areas from the time of handing over of the textbooks and resource materials to the states by officials of the Federal Ministry of Education and Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) officials.
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