Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has urged the 36 State Governors to prioritise the development of Nigeria and support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his quest to grant full autonomy to the local government areas across the country.
This is as his Deputy, Benjamin Okezie Kalu said there are wide gaps in service delivery and the people in the rural communities suffering due to the apparent failure of the local government system to meet up with their constitutional mandate. Both leaders expressed their views at the National Discourse on Nigeria's Security Challenges and Good Governance at the Local Government Level, organized by the Parliament in Abuja on Monday.
Some of the most significant challenges impeding their ability to fulfil their constitutionally assigned roles include; the covert usurpation of local government functions by state governments, lack of financial autonomy due to the State Joint Local Government Account, political instability from tenure irregularities, and pervasive corruption. 'A critical component of the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda is the integration of local governments into the mainstream of governance in Nigeria.
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