{"id":121893,"date":"2024-06-20T21:20:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T20:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/jigawa-assembly-lifts-suspension-of-4-local-council-chairmen"},"modified":"2024-06-20T23:31:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T22:31:00","slug":"jigawa-assembly-lifts-suspension-of-4-local-council-chairmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/jigawa-assembly-lifts-suspension-of-4-local-council-chairmen","title":{"rendered":"Jigawa Assembly lifts suspension of 4 local council chairmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Jigawa State House of Assembly on Thursday lifted the suspension of four local council chairmen in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The quartet \u2013 Bappa Shinge (Auyo), Bala Usman-Chamo (Dutse), Ahmed Rufa\u2019i (Gumel) and Shehu Sule-Udi (Ringim) \u2013 were suspended by the House on March 6 over alleged misconduct, negligence and injudicious use of public funds.<\/p>\n<p>The chairmen were indicted by the House Committee on Local Government during its oversight visit to the local councils.<\/p>\n<p>The parliament then set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the chairmen.<\/p>\n<p>The Acting Chairman of the committee, Aminu Zakari, who presented the report, listed 11 findings\/observations during the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Zakari said that the committee carried out a careful review of documents before it, including a consultant\u2019s report on each of the four local councils.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman said the committee also considered the documents submitted by the suspended council chairmen in defence of the accusations against them and their pleas.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the committee came up with 11 recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cOne of the recommendations was to issue a stern warning to the affected chairmen to desist from any act unethical or unbecoming of the holder of the office in both administrative and financial dealings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat this Honourable House should graciously consider the pleas of the suspended council chairmen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat the suspension placed against the following council chairmen: Bappa Shinge -Auyo LG, Bala Usman-Chamo \u2013 Dutse LG, Ahmed Rufa\u2019i \u2013 Gumel and Shehu Sule-Udi -Ringim LG, be lifted and that they should resume their duties as the chairmen of their respective LGAs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the resolution of the Assembly through voting, the Speaker, Haruna Aliyu, directed the chairmen to resume office with immediate effect.Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.<\/p>\n<p>As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.<\/p>\n<p>If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.<\/p>\n<p>Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Jigawa State House of Assembly on Thursday lifted the suspension of four local council chairmen in the state. 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