Hiding under the pretext of a range of Machiavellian manoeuvres, state governors, particularly those who have just been inaugurated, have moved to undermine the local government system.
Between Inauguration Day on May 29 and now, some of the new helmsmen in Oyo, Bauchi, Adamawa and Imo states have summarily dissolved the LG administrations in their states. Predictably, this has instigated controversies and legal disputations. This does not look good for the country’s democracy. It is a reflection of the primitive and predatory politics we play in Nigeria.
In Bauchi, Governor Bala Muhammed sacked the 20 council chairmen shortly after his assumption of office. On Tuesday, new Adamawa governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, swore in the caretaker chairmen for the 21 LGs in the state, having dissolved the previous committees on assuming office, and pledged that elections would soon hold. In 2015, Governor Nyesom Wike had dissolved the LG structure in Rivers State on assuming power. After a period of litigation, the courts affirmed his action.
In spite of this, governors are still bypassing the law. This creates unnecessary divisions in the polity. It defeats the purpose of the LGs, which are primarily to execute development at the grass roots. Take the case of Ondo State. Within a space of two years – between 2017 and 2019 – the executive and the legislature have tampered with the LG system on three separate occasions.
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