Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has dissolved the 23 Local Government Caretaker Committees in the state with immediate effect.
The governor, in a statement issued yesterday evening, by his Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, directed the Caretaker Committee Chairmen to hand over to their respective Heads of Personnel Management (HPM).
He also directed the HPM to immediately compile the list of staff being owed salaries.
The list, he said, must indicate the number of months in which the wages were in arrears by the respective councils and submitted to his office with immediate effect.
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