Nigeria: Hope Fades for LG Polls As Orji Names New TC Chairmen

3 June 2014

Governor Theodore Orji Monday named yet another set of transition committee chairmen to oversee the affairs of the 17 local governments, erasing heightened expectation that council poll would be held before the 2015 general election.

The secretary made the list of the TC chairmen nominated by the governor know n in a statement to the State Government (SSG) Prof Mkpa A. Mkpa. He said the names had been forwarded to the House of Assembly for screening and asked the nominees to await further directives.

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