The call by the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), for a constitutionally guaranteed four-year tenure for elected council
The call by the Association of Local Government of Nigeria , for a constitutionally guaranteed four-year tenure for elected council officials could introduce some measure of stability in local government administration in the country, far better than the current system whereby respective state governments conduct affairs of councils at their whims and refuse to hold free and fair regular elections.
Far more consequential than the number of years councils’ officials are elected to serve is the need for a guaranteed term limit. Whether it is two years or four, let it be certain that those elected shall remain in office for a particular period, for clarity of purpose and regime stability. However, reports have it that many states do not have elected local government chairmen and councillors. They run their local governments with caretaker committees. The Supreme Court has ruled in at least two instances that governors cannot replace elected local government administration with appointed officials. The Supreme Court also ruled that local government areas that are not administered by elected officials do not deserve their allocations from the Federation Account.
Indeed, since 1999, many state legislatures have gone ahead to make laws regulating the affairs of local councils, including holding elections and prescribing tenures. In practice, however, some do not abide by their own laws, especially when new governors are elected into office or when there is a change in government and a new political party wins election to run the affairs of a state.
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