A Plateau State High Court in Jos has ruled that Local Government Chairmen in the state will serve a four-year tenure, scrapping the two-year term under Plateau State and Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) laws for being inconsistent with Section 7(1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
Delivering the judgment on Friday, the Chief Judge of Plateau State, Hon. Justice David Mann, held that the two-year tenure contradicts constitutional provisions guaranteeing a democratically elected local government system.
The court directed that the two-year tenure under the state and PLASIEC laws be discarded.
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The ruling followed a suit filed by the state ALGON chairman and chairman of Wase LGA, Anani Hamisu Mohammed, challenging Section 23(1) of the PLASIEC Law and Section 38 of the Plateau State Local Government Law, which prescribe a two-year term for elected council chairmen.
Mohammed argued that these provisions conflicted with Sections 112 and 153 of the Electoral Act and Section 7(1) of the 1999 Constitution, which collectively ensure a constitutionally grounded local government system.
The court stated that the shorter tenure undermines the constitutional framework for local government administration and cannot stand.
The judgment restored a four-year term for elected local government chairmen, aligning with constitutional expectations for democratic governance at the grassroots level.
The decision comes ahead of the local government elections scheduled for September 2026 by PLASIEC.
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