The Federal Government will this week gazette the Executive Order No.
10 recently signed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , for the enforcement of the financial autonomy of the state legislature and judiciary,Our correspondent also gathered that the Federal Government, through the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, will have the gazette served on the Accountant General of the Federation, and others as soon as it is issued.
In the event of failure of any state government to release the allocations due to the state’s legislature or judiciary, the Executive Order empowers the Accountant General of the Federation to deduct the allocation from source and pay it to the legislature and the judiciary. When contacted on Saturday, the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Attorney General of the Federation, Dr. Umar Gwandu, confirmed that the publication of the Executive Order in the gazette had been delayed by the COVID-19 restrictions.According to Gwandu, for ease of reference to the Executive Order by the implementation authorities, the gazette once issued would be served on all the stakeholders.
It was also learnt that copies of the gazette would be sent to the state Houses of Assembly and the National Assembly. Under Article 6 of the EO 10, the President directed that in implementing Section 121 of the Constitution, the allocations of both the state legislature and the judiciary must be included in the state’s appropriation laws.
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