Borno State governor Babagana Zulum has directed local government chairmen to stay in their areas.
The governor asked them to sign attendance registers four times daily to prove their presence at their duty posts.
Zulum gave the directive yesterday in Maiduguri, the state capital, while presiding over the swearing-in ceremony of 27 elected council chairmen.
The governor directed the Ministry for Local Government to immediately deploy bio-metric data capturing machines to the local government areas for their chairmen to thumbprint daily at 8 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 3.30 p.m.
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He said the measure became necessary to check absenteeism or absconding from work by any chairman without genuine reason.
Zulum noted that “abscondment remains an impeachment offence”.
He added: “We have advised chairmen, times without number, but the advice has not been adhered to strictly. “We have now designed a measure to ensure their presence, which is very important.”
The governor noted that with improved security across the state, the local government chairmen needed to be with their people to support his administration’s commitment to rehabilitation, reconstruction, and resettlement of displaced persons.
He urged them to manage the local governments’ scarce resources judiciously.
Zulum also tasked the newly sworn in chairmen to spread development projects across all communities in their domains.
He also tasked them with working closely with security personnel in consolidating peace and the return of civil authority in their domains.
Credible news reports that the governor also presided over the swearing-in ceremony of seven permanent secretaries and 29 special advisers.
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