The former two-term governor of Abia State, said this was to reduce financial burdens on governments at all levels
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The remark was contained in an address presented by the Governor during a valedictory court session marking the retirement of the Chief Judge of the State, Hon. Justice Anselm Nwaigwe.
Buhari who spoke at the presentation of the 2021 budget estimates to the Joint Session of the National Assembly on Thursday in Abuja, stressed the need to further deepen the relationship.
The president stated this when he received Report of the Presidential Implementation Committee on Financial Autonomy of State Legislature and Judiciary at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.
Democracy is all about ensuring popular participation and control of the process of government. Since all the people cannot participate and individually control their government at the same time, they entrust these rights and duties to an elected few among them known as legislators.
The Presidential Implementation Committee on autonomy of state legislature and judiciary has tasked state governors on the full implementation of autonomy for the two arms of government.
Upon being re-elected, President Muhammadu Buhari endeared himself once again to the citizenry when he promised to show significant improvement in his second term. Buhari had also attributed a great deal of his first term setbacks to a dysfunction in the Legislature where the opposition seem to dictate the content and pace of his change agenda.
Saraki made the call in his speech at the opening session of the 1st National Assembly Open Week in Abuja.
Sani-Omolori, who was represented by Deputy Clerk, House of Representatives (Legislative), said this at the 2018 Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre Legislative Internship Programme with support from the European Union.