By Demola Akinyemi

ILORIN—Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, yesterday, said he dissolved the 16 local government councils in the state because of their inability to meet statutory responsibilities to the people.

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

In the message read by the Deputy Speaker, Matthew Okedare, who presided over yesterday’s plenary, Alhaji Ahmed said all the 16 councils failed to execute any meaningful projects in the last three years and were unable to pay salaries for months.

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