government has told the elected officials of the local government areas of the state to prepare to vacate their offices on July 17, saying their tenures cannot be extended by any retrospective law of the state House of Assembly.
He said the governor was not interested in local government funds but explained that only Emohua Local Government Area’s salaries were withheld by the state’s Local Government Service Commission. He said: “They mentioned only Emohua. Three local government areas, Emohua, Ahoada East, and Ikwerre local government areas were involved in an act beyond their constitutional powers.
On the chairmen’s threat to continue in office beyond their elected tenure of three years following the recent amendment of the state’s Local government law by the House of Assembly, Johnson described the position of the councils’ chairmen as baseless.He said the country’s Constitution as amended prohibits retrospective laws adding that the present elected officials of the councils would not benefit from any tenure extension law made after they had been elected to serve for only three years.
“It is a settled law that their tenure will expire on the 17th of June and by the 18th of June they will no longer be eligible to be called chairmen. It means their responsibilities have turned to what is called functus Officio. They should stop deceiving Rivers people”.
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