Tag: Autonomy

Let Us Not Celebrate Our LGAs Yet

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Governors Forum

By: Nurudeen Dauda To start with, after the much celebrated Supreme Court judgement backing the full financial “autonomy” of Local Governments there are still other fundamental issues that must be addressed for us to get it right in our LGAs administrations as follows: one; Local Government elections, two; the issue of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and three; Local Governments reform. It is apt to state that we still have a very long long way to go! Firstly, the issue of free, fair, and credible elections in Nigeria remain a major…

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Local Governments: Between Constitutional Autonomy and Judicial “Coup”

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Bola Ahmed Tinubu

By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir. Nigeria operates a federal system of government with sub-national. It has been a long debate if Nigeria operates three tiers of government or two tiers with administrative block as the third. Whatever you believe, the 1999 Nigerian Constitution as amended, recognises the Federal, State and Local Governments. Nigeria boasts of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory with 774 Local Councils. The Local Government is the closest to the people at the grassroots; who constitute the majority of the populace and meant to make them feel…

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Autonomy Bill: State Govs. working to truncate LG autonomy – NULGE 

Aminu Imam

The leadership of the National Association of Local Government Employees (NULGE), yesterday, alleged plans by some State governors working underground to truncate the autonomy of local governments in the country. NULGE National President, Comrade Olatunji Ambali, who briefed newsmen in Abuja on the update of Local Government autonomy, said only 10 out of the 12 States which passed the Autonomy Bill have voted in support of the autonomy. He listed the States to include; Abia, Anambra and Enugu in the South-East; Edo, Akwa-Ibom and Delta in the South-South; Ogun and…

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Local Government Financial and administrative autonomy: Time to act is now

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Yusuf Ishaku Goje. The ambitious policy statement by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, of pulling out a hundred million despondent Nigerians out of poverty will only be a mirage unless the delivery of social services is taken closer to the people. Over the years, both the Federal and State government have proven incapable of addressing gaps that hinder effective and inclusive grassroots development. Massoud Omar, in the book Impressions and Facts (published by the Centre for Democratic Development Research and Training) succinctly justifies the above paragraph, when he stated, “The…

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APC Govs hail Tambuwal-led Committee on Autonomy for Judiciary, State Legislature

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) – an umbrella body of Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Pro­gressives Congress (APC) – has endorsed agreements reached by the Governor Aminu Tambuwal-led Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) Committee on autonomy for judiciary and state legislature. The PGF, under the chairmanship of Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State, at an emergency meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday, noted that the Tambuwal-led NGF Committee consulted all the critical stakeholders, notably leadership of State Judiciary and Assemblies and jointly reached agreements…

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