The Yobe State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of 17 nominees as chairmen and members of the local government caretaker management committees to run the affairs of the council areas for six months.
The Assembly made the confirmation in a plenary on Wednesday, where the leader of the House, Hon. Bukar Mustapha, moved the motion seeking for the confirmation of the nominees as forwarded by the executive arm of government.
Those confirmed as chairmen are: Ibrahim Babagana (Bade LG), Lawan Bukar (Bursari LG), Bukar Adamu (Damaturu LG), Halima Kyari Joda (Fika LG), Baba Goni Mustapha (Fune LG), Musa Mohammed (Geidam LG), Dala Mala (Gujba LG), Dayyabu Ilu (Gulani LG) and Umar Abba (Jakusko LG).
Others are: Lawan Alhaji Gana (Karasuwa LG), Bukar A Bukar (Machina LG), Alhaji Salisu Yerima (Nangere LG), Alhaji Modu Kachalla (Nguru LG), Salisu Muktari (Potiskum LG), Mohammed Lamido Musa (Tarmuwa LG), Alhaji Waziri Ibrahim (Yusufari LG) and Zannah Zakariyya Kalgi (Yunusari LG).
Presiding over the sitting, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Lawan Mirwa called on the confirmed nominees to work hard to justify the confidence reposed in them towards the development of the local government areas.
According to report, Governor Mai Mala Buni had approved November 25, 2023, as the date for the conduct of local government council elections in the state.