GCC mayor, councilors take oath

Newly elected mayor of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) and councilors took oath at a function at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) here on Thursday, reports BSS.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath to GCC Mayor Md. Jahangir Alam while the councilors took oath from Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Engineer Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain.

Senior secretary of the Local Government Division Jafar Ahmed Khan conducted the oath taking ceremony.

Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Division Obaidul Quader and local political leaders of Gazipur were present on the occasion.

Elections to the post of GCC mayor and 70 councilors were held on June 26, 2018. Meanwhile, voting for the six posts of GCC councillors remained suspended on a High Court order.