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Nigeria: National Assembly Backs Local Government Autonomy-Saraki

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April 14, 2018
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Abuja, April 14, 2018 (AltAfrika)-President of the Nigeria Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has reiterated his support for local government autonomy in the country.

Saraki, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, in Abuja, stated this during a visit by the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), led by its National President, Comrade Ibrahim Khalil.

Saraki said  the Senate and the National Assembly appreciate the importance of autonomous governance at the third tier of government and will continue to work towards its realisation.

Saraki said: “Here in the Senate and the National Assembly, we appreciate the importance of governance in the third tier of government — the local government. As such, it is very important that we strengthen local government administration” Saraki said.

“Part of strengthening local government administration is ensuring that there is autonomy. I also believe that strengthening local government administration means that we all do our best to increase the capacity at the local government.

“Sometimes, you find out that in developed countries, people who are competent, to contest at a level even as high as the Senate, would tell you that they don’t want to be at the Federal level like Abuja or Washington, they prefer to stay at the local level”.

The Senate President told the local government employees that it was also important to see that local governments are properly and independently funded, “however, there must be a symbiotic relationship between the states and the local governments to ensure that the third tier of government is not placed at a disadvantage.”

“It is unfortunate that you observed that in the last Constitution alteration exercise, we were not successful on this issue. Being a former Governor, the Senate Leader always reminds me that ‘I have seen the light.’ But on a serious note, we all have a role to play to strengthen our local government system.

“It is important that we see how local governments can be independent, how local governments can have more autonomy, and Governors cannot interfere with what is due to local governments.

“In all of this, there must still be a cordial and symbiotic relationship. If we just say that local governments should just be on their own, it might have some disadvantages.

“We must also look at how we can ensure that local governments have funding of their own without any interference,” Saraki stated.

Earlier, the National President of NULGE, Ibrahim Khalil lamented that local government administrations in the country have been rendered impotent over the years as a result of undue interference.

“Our visit is to rekindle efforts and bring all hands on deck to ensure that Local Governments become autonomous in this country.
 “We recognise that the leadership of the National Assembly has a critical role to play in ensuring that Local Governments become autonomous in this country”, he said.
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