Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on Thursday swore within the 38 newly elected native authorities chairmen within the state.
The governor urged them to position excessive premium on radical enchancment on the safety of lives and property in addition to income era of their respective council areas.
Oyebanji additionally gave a marching order to the council chairmen to construct on the sturdy basis laid by their predecessors, including that his administration wouldn’t tolerate any type of safety lapses on the third tier of presidency beneath their watch.
The brand new council chairmen have been elected throughout the December 2, 2023 native authorities election within the state.
Addressing the brand new council bosses, Oyebanji, represented by the Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye, the governor praised the rapid previous chairmen and those who have been reelected for demonstrating sufficient political and administrative acumen to ship, regardless of the multifarious challenges related to being pioneers.
Expressing zero tolerance for corruption and pilfering of council funds, the the governor urged them to discharge their duties with utmost “honesty, impartiality, even-handedness, compassion and equity”, including that they need to work assiduously for the actualisation of the shared prosperity mantra of his authorities.
Oyebanji revealed that he determined to place equipment in movement for the conduct of elections on the native authorities stage to additional corroborate how desirous he was for the councils to be run in a democratic method.