State Executive 164. (1) There shall be a state executive composed of a Governor, a Deputy Governor, and state Ministers. (2) The Governor of each state shall be the head of the executive organ in the state and shall appoint and relieve the Deputy Governor, Advisors, and state Ministers in consultation with the President and in accordance with the state constitution. (3) The Deputy Governor may assume the portfolio of a Minister other than the Minister of Finance, and shall act as Governor in the absence of the Governor. (4) State Ministers shall be individually and collectively answerable to the Governor and the state Legislative Assembly in the performance of their functions. (5) A state Minister may be removed by the Governor; or on a motion supported by two-thirds of all the members of the state Legislative Assembly. (6) The state executive shall exercise the executive competences of the state in respect of the functional areas in Schedules B, C and D read together with Schedule E, as conferred by this Constitution and the state constitution and such other executive powers as may be prescribed by law. CHAPTER II LOCAL GOVERNMENT Local Government 165. (1) Pursuant to Article 47 (c) of this Constitution and the state constitutions, the states shall enact laws for the establishment of a system of local government based on urban and rural councils for which they shall provide structures, composition, finance and functions. (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-Article (1) above and for the purposes of the initial establishment of a local government system, and in order to set common standards and criteria for the organization of local government, the National Government shall enact the necessary legislation. (3) The President shall establish a Local Government Board under his or her office to review the local government system and recommend the necessary policy guidelines and action in accordance with the decentralization policy enshrined in this Constitution. (4) Without prejudice to the existing forms of the local government structures, local government councils shall be established by law taking into account but not limited to the following criteria: (a) size of territory; 59