Malami said the Executive Order, intended to give effect to constitutional provision of financial autonomy to states' judiciaries and legislatures, was meant to deepen democracy at the grassroots.
The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation , Abubakar Malami has justified the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to issue the Executive Order 10.
Media aide to the AGF, Dr Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, in a statement, quoted Malami as adding that the Executive Order is “to ensure the effective implementation of the doctrine of separation of powers. He said the AGF assured that the Executive Order Implementation Committee will incorporate valuable submissions from Governor’s Forum and other stakeholders with a view to seeing practicable implementation of the Executive Order.Gwnadu added: “Malami said the re-enforcement of the constitutional provisions on the autonomy of the state legislature and judiciary as contained in Section 121 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria necessitated the Executive Order No 0010.
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