Speaker House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday in Abuja said the National Assembly was committed to ensuring that local government administration in the country got autonomy. He made this known at the Retreat of the Secretary to Government of the Federation ( SGF ) and Secretaries to State Governments ( SSGs ).
The speaker,explain further that the state governments abuse the Constitution in relation to the Joint Account, which they are meant to be mere trustees and not beneficiaries.
Represented Chief Whip of the House, Mr Ado Doguwa, he spoke on “Local Government Autonomy: Imperative for Sustainable Grassroots Development’’, said autonomy was the right for local governments to operate independently. He also said that the autonomy for the councils was essential for development to get to the grassroots.
The President, Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees ( NULGE ), Mr Ibrahim Khaleed, had earlier, stated that rural-urban migration would greatly be addressed through the actualisation of local government autonomy.
Khaleed who added that local government was a critical tier in government, and that some constitutional reforms must be made to bridge the gap between the government and the people also raised the obvious fact that the local government system in Nigeria has been destroyed and the essence of local government establishment has not been achieved.
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