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S'Court Verdict: 401 Osun LG Caretaker Excos Quit Office

POSTED ON July 18, 2024 •   Politics      BY Benedicta Bassey
Osun state Governor Ademola Adeleke/ Photo credit: Premiumtime

No fewer than  401 chairmen and members of the caretaker committees running the 62 local governments and council development areas in Osun State tendered their resignations on Wednesday following the recent Supreme Court ruling, granting local government autonomy.

The Caretaker Chairman of Odo-Otin Local Government Area, Okuku, Adewale Adeyinka, said he quit office out of “respect for our democratic principles.”

His resignation letter dated July 17, 2024 was addressed to Governor Ademola Adeleke.

Adeyinka said,  “It is with a sense of duty and respect for our democratic principles that I write to tender my resignation from my position as Chairman of the Caretaker Committee for Odo-Otin Local Government, effective immediately.

“As I move on to pursue further opportunities to serve my people, I want to assure you that the good work we have started will not end. I remain committed to supporting the growth and development of Odo-Otin Local Government in any capacity I can.”

The Supreme Court had in its judgment barred governors from appointing caretaker committess to run local governments.
The apex court said only duly elected officials could run LGAs, adding that any LGA being run by caretaker committee should have their allocation from the Federation Account withheld.

The immediate-past Chairman of the Osun State chapter of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, Mr. Sarafadeen Awotunde, said all the 69 caretaker chairmen and 332 members in Osun State had resigned.

Asked to confirm the resignation of the 332 caretaker members and that of chairmen, Awotunde said, “Since we already called them caretaker, I don’t think there is any appropriate word to use better than they have resigned. Nobody sacked them.

“Caretakers have temporary time to spend. It means their time is over. If you look at it critically, you will see that the Supreme Court has given a verdict. So, whatever is called caretaker now is illegal. There is nothing like a caretaker in Nigeria again.”

The Osun State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. Kolapo Alimi, however, confirmed the resignation of the LG caretakers.

He said, “We have been receiving resignation letters. Those who resigned did so to be eligible for the party primary, in preparation for the local government elections coming up next year."

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