Anambra state governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has sacked all the 21 local government transition chairmen in the state.
According to a letter signed by the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Collins Nwabunwanne, the sacked chairmen are directed to hand over the affairs of their local government councils to the Heads of Local Government Administrations (HLGAs) by Monday, May 20.
The letter, dated May 17, also thanked the chairmen for their service to the state. There were expectations that Soludo would conduct local government elections in the state, based on public outcry.
The governor had directed party stakeholders to nominate candidates in their local government areas for transition committees last week. The message was conveyed to all the transition committee chairmen by the special adviser to the governor on political matters, Dr. Alex Obiogbolu.
The directive said that party stakeholders in each local government are expected to meet on May 18th or 19th to consider and recommend three persons for the position of TC Chairman and three persons for Local Government Education Secretaries. The three recommendations for Transition Committee Chairmen shall include at least one woman, while the three recommendations for Education Secretary shall be two women and one man.
Anambra state is one of the states in the country where transition committee has become a norm. The last local government election was held by the former governor, Peter Obi, few weeks before the expiration of his second tenure. Opposition parties and major stakeholders have been calling for elections into the local government system, arguing that state governors have stifled local government systems through transition committee chairmen.
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