Buhari Signs Executive Order Placing States’ Legislature, Judiciary on First line Charge via thisdaylive
As part of efforts at making state legislature and judiciary more independent, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed an Executive Order that ensures finances of the two arms of government at the state level get directly to them.
The new order tagged Executive Order No. 10 of 2020 for the implementation of Financial Autonomy of State Legislature and State Judiciary Order, 2020 is aimed at strengthening the financial autonomy of the judiciary and legislature at the state level. “The President signed the Executive Order number 10 into law based on the power vested in him as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under Section 5 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 , which extends to the execution and maintenance of the Constitution, laws made by the National Assembly of the 1999 Constitution , which guarantee financial autonomy of the State Legislature and State Judiciary”, Gwandu said.
Guidelines as may be issued by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, authorise the deduction from source in the course of Federation Accounts Allocation from the money allocated to any State of the Federation that fails to release allocation meant for the State Legislature and State Judiciary in line with the financial autonomy guaranteed by Section 121 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 ”.
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