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Ayo Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, has announced the dissolution of the 35 local government areas, including local council development areas under caretaker administrations in the state.

Idowu Adelusi, the chief press secretary to the governor, disclosed this in a statement made available to NAN in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on Saturday.

Fayose directed all the affected caretaker chairmen, their secretaries and other members of caretaker committees to immediately hand over to the directors of administration in their respective council areas.

Fayose also ordered the immediate dissolution of all boards of parastatals, agencies and commissions.

The 35 local government areas involved were those of the original 16 and the 19 LCDAs in the state.

The caretaker chairmen were in control of the 16 council areas throughout the four year tenure of Kayode Fayemi, the immediate past governor.

The former governor also appointed caretaker committees for the 19 newly-created LCDAs few days after the June 21 gubernatorial poll.

Fayemi attempted to hold council election in the 16 councils on February  4 2011, but was halted by the state high court ruling following a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

The PDP had alleged that some of the members of the State Independent Electoral Commission were card-carrying members of the then ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

During his inauguration on Thursday, Fayose vowed not to recognise any illegal creation made by the immediate past administration.

He also promised not to uphold appointments and promotions carried out after the former governor lost the gubernatorial election in June.