THE Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), under the leadership of Governor David Jang of Plateau State, has rejected the autonomy approved by the House of Representatives committee on constitution amendment for local governments.
In a statement released in Abuja, on Thursday, the forum said such autonomy was dangerous to the local government system in the country, as it was capable of placing the third tier of government in the hands of a few power cabals.
Signed by the secretary of the forum, Earl Osaro Onaiwu, the statement said the governors differed from the legislators’ move to grant full financial and administrative autonomy to local governments.
The NGF accused some members of the National Assembly of “using the conference committee to force through an amendment that was clearly rejected by the Senate during the constitution amendment debates and votes.”
The governors noted that it was improper in an issue of this magnitude for the conference committee to overturn the position of a majority in the upper house.
The statement, therefore, described the push for local government autonomy by the National Assembly as “hasty, without first considering the problems of executive recklessness and ineffective administration at the local level.”
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