Enugu Govt Directs Council Chairmen To Handover To HPM

The Enugu State Government has directed all the 17 Local Government Chairmen in the state to handover to their respective Head of Personnel Management (HPM) by Monday, March 4, 2024.

The directive was contained in a memo signed by Deacon Okay Ogbodo, Commissioner for Local Government, Rural Development and Chieftaincy Affairs and dated March 4, 2024.

The statement reads, “the Tenure of the Chairmen and Councillors of the 17 Local Government Areas in Enugu State, formally came to an end on the 4th of March, 2024.

“Consequently, all the Council Chairmen are expected to handover to the Head of Personnel Management (HPM) in each Local Government, with effect from today, the 4th of March, 2024.

“This is in line with the extant laws guiding tenure-ship of elected Chairmen and Councillors in our Local Government Council Areas, the statement concluded.