Oyo State House of Assembly lawmakers have extended the tenure of all the local government and local council development areas chairmen in the state for another period of six months.
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The extension was confirmed by the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Debo Ogundoyin, during the house plenary on Friday.
The chairmen, whose six months tenure expired on June 18, would remain in office till December 17, 2020.
Earlier, hon. Ademola Popoola, chairman House committee on Local government matters who read a comprehensive report on financial activities of the council heads in the last six month has urged the assembly to approve the request, as the tenure of the chairmen had expired on June 18, 2020.
