By Gbenga Ariyibi, Ado-Ekiti

Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has dissolved the caretaker committees put in place by the immediate past administration of Dr Kayode Fayemi in the 16 local government areas and  the 19 newly established Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of the state.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi, in Ado Ekiti yesterday, asked the caretaker committees members to hand over government properties in their care to the Directors of Administration in their different councils.

The immediate past administration in the state had operated the 16 LGAs and the newly created 19 LCDAs with caretaker committees since October 16, 2010 when it came on board.

Fayose pledged, during his inaguration on Thursday, to recognize and fund only the  16 constitutionally recognized local governments in the state  listed in the 1999 constitution.

Meanwhile, the state government has accused the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon Adewale Omirin, of desperate bid to frustrate the new administration by ordering its members to go on one month recess.

A statement by Adelusi faulted the excuse given by the Speaker for his action.

Omirin had in a statement by his image maker, Wale Olujobi, said the lawmakers would be going on recess to allow for possible change of guard by the personnel of the assembly.

Adelusi said the reason the Speaker declared the recess was to frustrate the passage of the 2015 Budget by his colleagues, so that the government would be incapacitated from performing its statutory functions to the people of the state.

He reminded Omirin that being a critical stake holder in the development of the state, he (Omirin) should see himself as one of the leaders rather than pursuing parochial selfish interest.

The governor’s spokesman urged the Speaker to swim with the tide of the moment by supporting the Fayose administration to deliver dividends of democracy to the electorate who voted Fayose in as their governor in the June 21 governorship election.