President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, advised state governors on Thursday to respect the Supreme Court judgement that granted autonomy to the 774 local government areas in the country.
“And so for us in the legislature, the Supreme Court has spoken, and we have no option but to abide by the Supreme Court ruling. “So I think this is a great day for democracy, and I congratulate the president for this initiative. And I know that all Nigerians now know that local government administration is an arm of government meant for the grassroots, and their money should be for the grassroots.
“So, it’s a great thing that the Supreme Court has done the needful, and now we have to go back and think, working with the AGF’s office and the parliament to see how we can ensure that there’s real election at the LG levels. “All the constitutional amendments that were so far carried by the National Assembly, one aspect of it has always been local government autonomy—how to make the LG work independently.
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