Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state has appointed 27 local government caretaker committee chairmen and councillors that will steer the affairs of the councils in the next six months.
This followed the dissolution of the committee sometime late last year in a n announcement by the state commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, Alhaji Kaka Bashir Garbai.
The appointees’ names which were forwarded to the state House of Assembly last week was approved yesterday by the lawmakers.
The new appointees are expected to be sworn in today at the Government House, Maiduguri.