By Demola Akinyemi

ILORIN-Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed on Tuesday said he dissolved the 16 Local Government councils in the state following their inability to meet their statutory responsibility to the people.

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The Governor justified the councils’ dissolution in his formal notification to the State House of Assembly.

In the message read by the Deputy Speaker, Mathew Okedare who presided over Tuesday’s plenary, Alhaji Ahmed said all the 16 councils failed in their responsibility in the last year.

Ahmed noted that the councils failed to execute any meaningful projects in the last three years and were unable to pay salaries for months.

“I took this step following sustained complaints by the residents of poor performance of the Local councils in discharging theie statutory functions”, he said.

Governor Ahmed informed the House of his intention to appoint caretaker Committees to run the affairs of the councils.

Contacted, the immediate past chairman of Ilorin East local government and former chairman of ALGON‎ Barrister Lateef Okandeji supported their dissolution by the governor.

He however declined comment on whether the situation would change, when the caretaker Committee members are appointed to take over the affairs of the local government pending when another election would be collected.

“I can’t react to that on phone, when we see, I will give further explanations,” he quipped on phone.