Local Government Administration (Amendment) Law.

1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
(AMENDMENT) LAW
NO. 7 OF 2011

2. EKITI STATE OF NIGERIA
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION (AMENDMENT)
LAW
Arrangement of Sections
1. Amendment of Section 5 of the Principal Law
2. Amendment of Section 7(1) of the Principal Law
3. Deletion of Section 7(2) of the Principal Law
4. Deletion of Section 10(1) of the Principal Law
5. Amendment of Section 12 of the Principal Law
6. Deletion of Section 12(b) of the Principal Law
7. Renumbering of Section 12(c) of the Principal Law
8. Citation

3. A LAW TO AMEND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION LAW
NO.7 OF 2011
EKITI STATE OF NIGERIA
Commencement ( )
ENACTED BY THE EKITI STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY AS FOLLOWS:
Amendment of Section 5 of the Principal Law
Tenure 1. Section 5 of the Principal Law is hereby amended by deleting
the word “three years” and inserting therefore “two
years”.
Amendment of Section 7(1) of the Principal Law
Appointment 2. Section 7(1) of the Principal Law is hereby amended by
of Secretary deleting the word “Chairman”, and insert therefore
“Governor”.
Deletion of Section 7(2) of the Principal Law
Appointment 3. Section 7(2) of the Principal Law is hereby deleted and substituted
of personal with a new Section 7(2) as follows:

4. Staff of Chairman 7(2) :The Governor may appoint such other personal staff as
may be necessary to assist the Chairman in the Local
Government Administration.
Deletion of Section 10(1) of the Principal Law
Appointment 4. Section 10(1) of the Principal Law is hereby deleted and
of Supervisors substituted with a new Section 10(1) as follows:
“10(1) There shall be appointed for each Local Government,
Supervisors who shall be resident of the Local
Government and not be less than three in number and not more
than five”.
Amendment of Section 12 of the Principal Law
Removal of 5.Section 12 of the Principal Law is hereby amended by adding
thereto supervisor immediately after the word “Chairman”, the phrase
“subject to the
from office approval of the Governor”.

5. Deletion of Section 12(b) of the Principal Law
6. Section 12(b) of the Principal Law is hereby deleted.
Renumbering of Section 12(c) of the Principal Law
7. Section 12(c) of the Principal Law is hereby renumbered as
Section 12(b).
Citation
8. This Law may be cited as Local Government Administration
(Amendment) Law, 2011.

6. This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the
Bill, which has been passed by the Ekiti State House of Assembly and
found by me to be a true copy of the said Bill.
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MR. BEN. AKINTUNDE FAMOYEGUN
Clerk of the House of Assembly
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Rt. Hon. (Dr.) Adewale A. Omirin
Speaker of the House

7. Governor’s Assent
I hereby signify my assent to this Bill
DR. KAYODE FAYEMI
Executive Governor of Ekiti State
MADE AT ADO EKITI THIS 4th DAY OF July, 2011