Governor Muhammadu Jibrilla Bindow of Adamawa State has signed into law the Bill reducing the tenure of elected council officials from two and half years to two years.
The bill, sponsored by Alhaji Suleiman Alkali (APC-Yola North), was on Tuesday passed at the plenary of the State House of Assembly.
A statement issued on Wednesday by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Malam Ahmad Sajoh, said the governor has assented to the bill.
Sajoh said: “The Executive Governor of Adamawa State has signed Adamawa State House of Assembly Bill No. 5 of 2016 into Law.
“The bill is now to be known as Adamawa State Law No. 5 of 2016 which amends Adamawa State Local Governments System Administration Law No. 4 of 2000.”
The law is coming ahead of Saturday’s local government election in the state.
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