Councillors sue Anambra govt over tenure of local council officials
No fewer than 56 serving councillors in Anambra State have filed a suit before a state high court in Awka, challenging the constitutional validity of the two -year tenure of local government council officials.
READ ALSO: Court remands blogger over defamatory story against Soludo, family The councillors are also seeking an order declaring that all democratically elected local government officials are entitled to a uniform tenure of four years, in line with the tenure of elected officials at the federal and state levels.
They said the section, which limited the tenure of elected local government chairmen, vice chairmen and ward councillors to two years, is inconsistent with Section 7(1) of the constitution.
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