The Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, yesterday inaugurated 68 caretaker chairmen to oversee the 33 local governments and 35 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), declaring that the councils must be centres of development.
Makinde, who was speaking at the swearing-in ceremony held inside the House of Chiefs, Parliament Building, Agodi, Ibadan, said that the caretaker chairmen must contribute meaningfully to the development of the state.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, quoted Governor Makinde as saying that the inauguration of the local government chairmen was taking place in order to avoid a vacuum in governance at the grassroots.
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