The Ondo State House of Assembly has ratified the appointments of councils Çaretaker Committees for a duration of six months.

A letter to that effect was written to the House by the Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.

A similar letter of request was sent to the House last week but failed to scale through at plenary owing to a breach of legislative procedure observed by Honourable Abayomi Akinruntan representing Ilaje coñstituency 1.

He drew the attention of the House to the fact that list of Supervisory Councillors was not attached in line with the legislative procedure of the House.

After a robust deliberation on the matter, the House stepped down the tenure elongation request and ordered that the the Çaretaker Committees across the 18 Local Governments be dissolved.

Following a new letter of request from the Governor asking for ratification of appointments of new management committees for the 18 Local Governments in line with laid down legislative procedure, the House invited the prospective Chairmen and supervisors to a screening.

Presenting the report of the screening Committee to the House, the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Honourable Ogundeji Iroju noted that all the nominees exçept two met the requirements of the screening.

He therefore pleaded with the House to approve the appointments of the nominees for a period of six months.

After a voice vote, the appointment of the Council Management Committees for a period of six months was approved and adopted.

Speaking after the ratification, Speaker of the House, Rt. Honourable Oleyelogun Bamidele David noted that members were called back from recess because of the importance attached to the exercise.

He observed that local government elections will hold in April adding that the Committees will be dissolved in good time to accommodate the democratically elected Government at the local level.

While expressing confidence in the Ondo State Independent Electoral Committee (ODIEC) to deliver a credible election, Oleyelogun urged all parties to cooperate with members to usher in a hitchfree exercise.

He added that the lawmakers will continue to support things that would help our democracy to thrive.

Addressing journalists after plenary, Chairman, House Committee on Information, Honourable Olugbenga Omole attributed the entire process to the interplay of democracy.

He added that the House was aware of the local government election scheduled for April this year but said steps would be taken to accommodate elected Representatives at the grassroots when the time comes.

Meanwhile only two Supervisors did not scale through the screening exercise. One is from Ondo East ànd the other is from Akure South.