The Houses of Assembly in Benue, Borno, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Kaduna, Lagos, Ondo, Rivers, Yobe and Imo states voted against financial autonomy for the 774 local governments in the federation in the ongoing amendments to the 1999 Constitution, Sunday PUNCH can authoritatively report.
Similarly, 12 of the 36 states of the federation opposed administrative autonomy for LGs. They are Benue, Borno, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Kano, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Rivers, Yobe and Imo.
Another bill that failed to pass is proposing a uniform retirement age for judicial officers and pension rights. Twenty-three states – Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross-River, Delta, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Yobe and Imo voted for it; Ebonyi, Niger and Rivers voted against it; and Adamawa abstained from it.
The legislation is titled ‘A Bill for An Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to Provide for the Financial Independence of State Houses of Assembly and State Judiciary; and for Related Matters.’
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