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“Don’t allow cabals stop LG autonomy” – NULGE begs Tinubu

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President of the National Union of Local Government Employees, (NULGE), Hakeem Ambali, has accused the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), of being responsible for the delay in the direct allocations to local government councils. According to published findings, six months after the Supreme Court granted financial autonomy to local government councils in the country, the implementation of the judgment has yet to take effect. The apex court also directed the Accountant-General of the Federation to pay local government allocations directly to their accounts, declaring the non-remittance of funds by the…

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Fuel scarcity: NULGE chairman dies after slumping at filling station

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NULGE chairman dies

The on-going fuel scarcity crisis in Nigeria has resulted in a tragic incident, with the chairman of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) for Akure-South local government area, Oluwatuyi Olasoji, reported dead. Olasoji collapsed while waiting to purchase fuel at a filling station in Akure, Ondo State. Local reports indicate that the incident occurred last week as he attempted to buy Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. After collapsing, he was rushed to the Federal Medical Center in Owo, where he underwent surgery. Unfortunately, despite medical…

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“Govs. have hijacked LG revenue allocations from the Federation account” -Afe Babalola

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Founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, (ABUAD), Afe Babalola, (SAN), has tasked President Bola Tinubu to ensure that local government areas in the country receive their allocations directly from the Federation Account, to revive agriculture and boost the economy. He lamented that the local councils have remained ineffective over the years in bringing development to the people, due to the activities of the governors who allegedly hijacked their allocations. Babalola spoke on Thursday, while declaring open the eighth edition of the Afe Babalola Agricultural Expo, ABAEX, an annual gathering of…

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1999 Constitution Amendment:’Govs. opposing local autonomy enemies of Nigerians’ – NULGE, NGO

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A non-governmental organisation, (NGO), the Social Development Integrated Centre/ SocialAction, has declared that State governors objecting to Local Government autonomy are enemies of Nigerians, advising voters to use the 2023 general elections to vote against such governors and their parties. This was made known in an issued statement at the end of a one-day capacity-building workshop in Ado-Ekiti, organised by SocialAction with support from the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF), and signed by the NGOs Senior Programmes Officer, Prince Edegbuo. The NGO noted that failure to grant autonomy to the…

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NULGE slams Kaduna House of Assembly for rejecting LG autonomy

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The Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, (NULGE), in Kaduna State has expressed its disappointment over the rejection of the Local Government Financial Autonomy Bill by the Kaduna State House of Assembly. NULGE said the rejection of the Bill was a setback for genuine grassroots development in the state and the country at large.  The Bill was considered by the State House of Assembly recently alongside other Bills received from the National Assembly but which failed to scale through, while many other bills, including those of financial autonomy for the…

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

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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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Nigeria on brink of collapse, NULGE warns

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The National President of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, (NULGE), Comrade Ambali Akeem Olatunji, has called for concerted efforts to rescue Nigeria from total collapse. Comrade Ambali Olatunji, who made the call at the 7th State Quadrennial Inauguration of the newly-elected Executives of NULGE in Kogi State, decried the worsening economy, insecurity and concluded that the country is on the brink of collapse. The National President said Nigeria is drifting due to bad leadership, as the last four years have shown that the country has no one in charge,…

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