The Yobe State Governor has sworn-in new Council Chairmen and mandated them to support the on-going salary verification exercise to eliminate ghost workers.
Administering the oath of office on the new appointees on Thursday, Governor Ibrahim Gaidam urged them to carryout a bio-metric exercise of all Local Government workers and fully implement the approved policies arising from the report of the exercise.
He also asked the chairmen to be prudent with the scarce resources and to concentrate only on provision of essential services such as water supply, healthcare services, and education among others.
The Governor urged the incoming officials to consolidate on the successes recorded so far by the outgoing chairmen, whom he lauded for their efforts towards developing their areas.
He also praised President Muhammadu Buhari for the significant improvement in the on-going fight against terror and appealed to the people of the state to accord security agents the desired cooperation.
“I would like to expressed my gratitude to the almighty Allah that since the inception of the Buhari administration at the centre, we have witnessed significant improvement in the on-going fight against insurgents and other acts of terrorism in the northeast region, in particular and the nation at large.
“We thank Mr President for his untiring efforts to bring the activities of the insurgency to an end. My appeal to the entire people of Yobe State is to continue to pray for the full restoration of peace and security in the state and the country as a whole,” he said.
Governor Gaidam also thanked the Speaker and members of the Yobe State House of Assembly on the approval granted for the appointment of the new chairmen.
He stressed that he would continue to count on their support and cooperation in the implementation of the policies and programmes of his administration.
The appointment of the new Caretaker Committee Chairmen of the 17 Local Governments in the state was sequel to the expiration of tenure of elected Council Chairmen in December 2015.
