Sanwo-Olu signs local government administration law
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed into regulations the Local Government Administration Law 2025, which will govern the tenure, succession and disqualification of Chairmen and Vice Chairmen in the end of the 20 LGAs and 37 LCDAs of the disclose.
The fresh regulations offers a clear honest appropriate structure for leadership succession in cases of death, resignation or political defection and firmly. It stipulates that a Vice Chairman who assumes the place of work of Chairman ensuing from one of these circumstance could be thought to be as to possess served a full term, no topic the duration.
The regulations is already raising indispensable questions on eligibility and honest appropriate compliance, particularly in two LCDAs: Agbado-Oke Odo and Ikosi-Isheri, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) continues its local government primaries
In Agbado-Oke Odo LCDA, the fresh regulations has been duly implemented after a outmoded Vice Chairman who had previously stepped in to whole a Chairman’s tenure became once disqualified from contesting all all over again, in accordance with Section 28(4) of the regulations, which considers such succession a full term in place of work.
The most modern APC candidate and flag bearer in Ikosi-Isheri LCDA first served as Vice Chairman, then took over as Chairman following the death of the sitting Chairman and afterwards performed a full four-300 and sixty five days tenure as elected Chairman.
Despite having successfully served in the goal in the end of two tenures, she has now been cleared to contest all all over again and became once officially unveiled as the APC flag bearer on the celebration’s marketing campaign flag-off held the day earlier than this day on the Lagos APC Explain Secretariat.
This construction has raised indispensable honest appropriate and honest appropriate concerns, particularly among observers who are basically questioning the inconsistent software program of the regulations. They famend that if the regulations became once historical to disqualify a candidate in Agbado-Oke Odo, it need to restful be a[[licableinIkosi-Isheri?[[licableinIkosi-Isheri?
Section 28(4) of the regulations states that, “Where the Vice-Chairman or any particular person takes over the place of work of the Chairman on the death or impeachment… such term could be counted as a full term for the actual person taking on.”
By this clause, the APC flag bearer in Ikosi-Isheri, having first served as Vice Chairman for six years, performed the unexpired term of her leisurely predecessor for but every other six years and then served a full tenure, need to restful be ineligible to contest for but every other term. But, her candidacy proceeds, raising questions on due course of, celebration integrity and honest appropriate enforcement.
Meanwhile, Section 28(3) requires the Secretary of the Local Government to promptly explain the council of any acceptable disqualification conditions. Failure to aid out so is classified as misconduct below the regulations, extra complicating the topic if deliberate oversight is proven.
Already, enthusiastic stakeholders possess famend that the disparity in enforcement between Agbado-Oke Odo and Ikosi-Isheri LCDAs gifts a real take a look at for Democratic governance and the rule of thumb of regulations in Lagos Explain. They argued that the sanctity of local elections and the boldness of the of us in grassroots democracy could be deeply eroded if political expediency continues to override honest appropriate compliance,
