As state governments are jostling to conduct elections to elect council officials due to the fiscal autonomy granted by the Supreme Court to local government areas (LGAs), the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission will only conduct elections in 20 LGAs, as opposed to the previous 57 LGAs and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs).
This change is due to a bill before the state assembly, which will replace the LCDAs with Area Administrative Councils.
It was gathered that, as a result of the new designation for these areas of the state, rather than have effective officers, the governor will appoint an administrative secretary to oversee the Area Administrative Councils, subject to confirmation by the Lagos State House of Assembly.
This comes after the state government has conducted elections for 57 local councils and LCDAs in the last 20 years, although only 20 councils were recognised by the Federal…
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