The Nation Newspaper LG Autonomy: S'Court judgement will promote grassroots democracy - Ex-ALGON chair
The immediate past chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria , Oyo State, Abass Aleshinloye, has said recent judgement ofHe described the judgement as long expected and needed tonic to the suffocating and dying third tier of government which is the closest to the people.
He added that the judgement will also make local government to be more effective, responsive, responsible and more service oriented in service delivery of its basic functions and make life easier and better for our people. “With this new victory of financial independence, I call on all serving local government chairmen, executive, councilors, supervisory councilors, career officers, to see this opportunity to double their efforts, be more dedicated to serve our people better in giving them their well deserved dividends of democracy to all nooks and crany.
“May I advise my brothers and sisters who are now chairpersons of local government that this Supreme Court judgement of financial autonomy should be judiciously use to develop our grassroots to the best of their ability because there shouldn’t be any excuse of governors hijacking local government allocations or suffocating the council. It’s not an avenue to loot funds and become a threat to good governance.
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