The Houses of Assembly in Nigerian states have rejected the proposed financial and legislative autonomy for local governments. The National Assembly disclosed this on Tuesday, during plenary, adding that out of 44 constitutional amendment bills, only 35 scaled through and have been passed by state assemblies.
Nigerian States Reject Local Government Autonomy As National Assembly Sends 35 Constitutional Bills To President Buhari For AssentThe National Assembly disclosed this on Tuesday, during plenary, adding that out of 44 constitutional amendment bills, only 35 scaled through and have been passed by state assemblies.
The Houses of Assembly in Nigerian states have rejected the proposed financial and legislative autonomy for local governments.The National Assembly disclosed this on Tuesday, during plenary, adding that out of 44 constitutional amendment bills, only 35 scaled through and have been passed by state assemblies.
The upper chamber also asked the remaining nine state Houses of Assembly that are yet to forward their resolutions on the constitution amendment bills to do so to fulfil their constitutionally imposed legislative obligation. The Senate identified the state Houses of Assembly yet to forward their resolutions to the National Assembly as those of Gombe, Kebbi, Jigawa, Oyo, Sokoto, Zamfara, Kwara, Plateau, and Taraba states.
Meanwhile, the new amendment comes less than six months before the end of the tenure of the 9th National Assembly.The leadership of the National Assembly recently lamented the delay by their counterparts in the states to consider and vote on the amendment bills sent to them in March 2022.Several attempts had been made by the past assemblies to amend the 1999 Constitution but failed with huge sums voted for the exercise wasted.Before the 9th Assembly, another attempt was made by the 8th Assembly.
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