Moving the motion, Kawu said the dream of achieving the objectives of the local government system encountered harsh realities
Browsing: Local government autonomy
Local Government autonomy will help ”clip governor’s wings” and curb corruption, Chairman Senate Committee on State and Local Government Administration, Senator Abdullahi Gumel, has said.
The implication of this is that the citizenry, through their elected representatives at various levels of government, can reflect their choices on issues that are of concern to them.
The National Vice President of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, South West, Comrade Oludare Famoofo, who spoke on behalf of the Coalition, charged members of the Assembly to vote yes to local government Autonomy and pass the bill immediately
Akande spoke on a television programme over the weekend
Sagay told the News Agency of Nigeria by telephone on Sunday in Lagos that the recognition of local government as the third tier of government in Nigeria was not even ideal.
Suleman Aliyu, the Secretary of the union in the state, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Kano
Delegates who commented on the inaugural address of President Goodluck Jonathan lamented the near moribund status of local councils in the country
The House voted by 284 for, 48 against and 7 abstentions to amend Section 7 of the 1999 Constitution states in part that the system of Local Government by democratically elected Local Government Councils is under the Constitution guaranteed
Reading the communiqué after the four-hour meeting, Fayemi said the governors extensively discussed constitutional amendment and resolved that the issue of local government administration is a matter within the purview of the federating unit and that federalism is the basis of the nation’s sovereignty
Abubakar noted that direct allocation of subventions to the local governments was meant to ensure that the local governments get development funds from the centre in order to enhance their operational capacity while the joint State-LG accounts was meant to acknowledge the rightful role of the federating sates in local government administration