The bill, which was sponsored by the Majority Leader of the House, Mrs. Adaku Ihuoma, was passed after painstaking deliberations by the 27 members of the Assembly presided by the Speaker, Chief Benjamin Uwajimogu.
The bill when assented to become law provides that the governor of Imo State is empowered to appoint members of the caretaker committee to manage the affairs of each of the autonomous communities in the 27 local councils of the state,
numbering about 600, known as Autonomous Community Governing Council. The law provides that the Assembly would confirm the governor’s appointment in this regard.
The committee members, according to the law, will manage the affairs of the communities in accordance with the provisions of the Autonomous Community Law.
Sponsor of the bill, Ihuoma, said the law was necessary to avoid vacuum likely to cause break down of law and order in the communities, urging the caretaker committee members to be appointed to partner with the state government on projects execution.
Elections scheduled last year December 15 by the state government for officials into the Community Government Council (CGC) was aborted due to court order.
A clean copy of the bill is to be sent to the governor to assent. Source: guardiannewsngr
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