Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,152,457 members, 7,816,068 topics. Date: Friday, 03 May 2024 at 02:04 AM |
Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Politics / Governors Reject Autonomy For Local Government Councils (21220 Views)
Governors Reject Death Penalty For Looters / El-rufai Announces Autonomy For Local Councils, Swears-in Sole Administrators / Southeast Governors Reject Transfer Of Boko Haram Suspects To Anambra (2) (3) (4)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (Reply) (Go Down)
Re: Governors Reject Autonomy For Local Government Councils by Ovamboland(m): 12:21am On Oct 26, 2014 |
Rexyl: No sir, it is a constitutional amendment, 2/3 of state assemblies must endorse it before it becomes law. |
Re: Governors Reject Autonomy For Local Government Councils by Ovamboland(m): 12:24am On Oct 26, 2014 |
CFCfan: I agree with you that the governor should not have the power to fire elected LG operatives at will, but the people should take that power themselves by ensuring relevant laws are enacted at the state level not call on big brother Abuja to do it for us. It will take time but the learning experience and ownership of the process is worth more than the results. |
Re: Governors Reject Autonomy For Local Government Councils by VolvoS60(m): 2:27am On Oct 26, 2014 |
Ovamboland: ^^^ I guess we can agree to disagree. I am concerned with how to proceed with the structures we have 'on ground' as at today, 26 October 2014. I firmly believe we do not need to reinvent the wheel, despite the flaws in our system. My biggest issue is how your suggestions will work in practice. Delist LGs and then what? How long will it take for your suggestions to bear fruit? How will the system run while communities and other groups figure out what they want to do? There is nothing that says your recommendation for 'home grown' local administration and the lawmakers proposal are mutually exclusive. They are not. The reality is that the current arrangement is NOT working. The lawmakers proposal is a step in the right direction. 2 Likes |
Re: Governors Reject Autonomy For Local Government Councils by jpphilips(m): 2:33pm On Oct 26, 2014 |
NairaMode: puke!!! |
Re: Governors Reject Autonomy For Local Government Councils by Ovamboland(m): 4:37pm On Oct 26, 2014 |
VolvoS60: Dear sir, quick fixes hardly produce well-thought out, enduring results. If we have not experienced sudden death because of the current arrangement, the time to build a foundation of deep democratic ethos is nothing compared to the complacency that will result once big brother Abuja speaks on the matter. Delist does not equal cancel all the local governments, they will still exist, then it is left for the citizens, state legislature, executive and judiciary to supervise breaking them down to smaller units or merging them into bigger units, citizens should be smart enough to do that without big brother's directives. I agree the objectives might not be mutually exclusive but the means and vehicle you advocate to achieve it is what i have issues with. What is so difficult in the National Assembly standing up for once for true Federalism as we have named ourselves and tell the people to approach their state government for local government reforms? Even for creation of a new state, you see the advocates only when they go to Abuja, you hardly see them doing anything to sensitize or mobilize anybody in the area they want to be a new state, that needs to stop. Before you know it candidates for governorship and house of assembly will have real issues to campaign with i.e. support or otherwise for local government autonomy if the people truly desire it. Why do we as blacks find it difficult to advocate for process rather than have someone or a body dictate how we should run our lives, do we agree we are so docile that only a dictatorship or oligarchy is good for us? |
Re: Governors Reject Autonomy For Local Government Councils by VolvoS60(m): 10:22pm On Oct 26, 2014 |
Ovamboland: ^^^^ I hope no one who reads this likens me in any way to the tortoise in folklore who fell into the cesspit... |
Re: Governors Reject Autonomy For Local Government Councils by VolvoS60(m): 11:48pm On Oct 26, 2014 |
Ovamboland: ^^^^ Well thought out post. You have made some solid points. But again, the biggest problem I have with your ideas is the 'how', not the 'why'. Take another look at the bolded part of your post sir. As things stand today, 26 october 2014, the governors call the shots in their respective states and have effectively pocketed the entire apparatus of local government without exception. They hold both the knife and the yam. Do you agree that the current arrangement (in which state governments have forcibly emasculated LGs) is a mockery of true federalism? If you do, then how can you oppose remedial measures simply because they are coming from the rogues gallery called the national assembly? Once again, how will your ideas work in practice, starting today? The devil sir, lies in the details. Your suggestion reminds me of how the proponents of a sovereign national conference have failed to actualize their goal in Nigeria. Laudable idea, but one of the biggest problems they faced was how to sideline duly elected legislators in favor of unelected 'national conference representatives' - so called representatives who were angling for sweeping powers to determine the future of over 160 million people. Are you surprised the idea of a sovereign national conference failed to gain traction? You appear to have glossed over the devilish details of how voters in each state will challenge governors today in wresting control of the machinery of local government. Do you think state governors in any state in Nigeria today will stand back and watch voters whittle down their powers (in the name of reforms) without subverting or sabotaging the process? Do you really think so? In a perfect world, your ideas would fly. In the imperfect system we run here, they are not likely to take root. Yes, you may be right - the motives of the national assembly men who passed this bill may be far from noble/altruistic, but Nigerian voters need all the help they can get from any quarters. Financial autonomy for LGs is a net positive for the system. We can build on that going forward. |
Re: Governors Reject Autonomy For Local Government Councils by cbravo3: 8:29am On Apr 29, 2017 |
THE EFFECT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION ON GRASS ROOT DEVELOPMENT IN ANAMBRA STATE PRODUCTIVITY http://www.bravoprojecthelp.com/public-administration/the-effect-of-local-government-administration-on-grass-root-development-in-anambra-state-productivity/ |
Re: Governors Reject Autonomy For Local Government Councils by handsespen: 10:17am On Nov 03, 2017 |
Local Government Autonomy And Grass Root Development (A Case Of Nsukka Local Government Of Enugu State) The struggle for Local Government Autonomy in Nigeria has been a recurring issue. It is as old as the history of Nigeria colonial state. Local government Administration practiced anywhere in the world is largely dependent on the historical, geographical, political and economic life of the citizens... http://www.scharticles.com/local-government-autonomy-and-grass-root-development/ |
Sadique Baba Abubakar Inspects Facilities At 107 Air Maritime Group Benin / Ganduje Sacks Muazu Magaji, NNPC Project Director, Weeks After Praising Taliban / Ado Doguwa Pays Solidarity Visit On Tinubu In Abuja, Says He Remains In APC
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 41 |