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Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by Blue3k(m): 10:19pm On Apr 30, 2017 |
By Emmanuel Elebeke & Joseph Erunke Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/04/autonomy-local-governments-will-free-states-financial-burden-gov-amosun/
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Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by omohayek: 10:42pm On Apr 30, 2017 |
If the LGAs can't support themselves by raising funds through local taxes, so be it - let them either fold up shop or merge with neighbors. No matter what the outcome, what isn't justifiable is the current system whereby the LGAs are mere puppets of state governors; better to have broke but truly independent LGAs than to have puppet organizations with no genuine local control. 4 Likes |
Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by EVarn(m): 10:49pm On Apr 30, 2017 |
I feel that we must first restructure our federalism before giving the LGs full autonomy.Some LGs are not even viable and there are cases where boundary is disputed. We do not want to have a situation where LG chairmen use tax payers' money to sponsor their personnal political ambition in a bid to get to Abuja. |
Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by omohayek: 10:53pm On Apr 30, 2017 |
EVarn:This is a terrible excuse for devolving power to the LGAs. If you and your neighbors decide that you don't care how your tax money is spent by your LGA chairman, that is your problem and no one else's. At least you'd have the choice whether or not to do something about it, which is better than the current situation where chairman are appointed and dismissed at the whims of state governors, and LGA elections are postponed indefinitely. 1 Like |
Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by BabaRamota1980: 11:02pm On Apr 30, 2017 |
Why is Amosun talking about Local Govt autonomy where rest of Yoruba is agitating for regional govt? People like Amosun are the sellouts we need to watch for. |
Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by EVarn(m): 11:13pm On Apr 30, 2017 |
omohayek:And what are the taxpayers supposed to do if the LGs embezzle funds?,protest?,when power has already been given to them to work all manner of political mischief(we'd probably have given them power over the LG police people are clamouring for and even executive immunity). In any case,I think it may be a good idea anyway,lets try it.Democracy is all about trial and error. |
Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by Blue3k(m): 12:04am On May 01, 2017 |
I don't believe most of his claims. Maybe he is different but from everything I read Ogun State violates their sovereignty of local government. If you guys read my piece on them I had at least two case studies relating to them. They don't seem to contribute their constitutional 10% of IGR to LG. These reports I got we published 2015 and the other 2013. I do agree these LG need to boost their IGR. They are to dependant on federation account. They could also form special district to among areas to fund some of these services. Sort of how in Texas we have counties, Louisiana has parishes, New York has boroughs (I think). All these problems have solutions more thought should go to fixing than excuse making.
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Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by Blue3k(m): 12:23am On May 01, 2017 |
EVarn: Same thing they did in previous Republic charge them to court and throw them in jail. Local Government curruption always existed but they were taken to jail. How would immunity protect you from criminal acts? There needs to be strict transparency requirements on state and federal level. The bottom feeders will ruin system if we don't hit the ground running in my opinion. 1 Like |
Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by knowledgeable: 1:35am On May 01, 2017 |
BabaRamota1980: He is indeed a sellout like most Yorubas who derive joy in Igbo man's destruction. Local government financial autonomy is primarily nothing, but a stealthy strategic thinking if come to reality will give Abuja/Hausa/Fulani Northern heggemon the ability to influence policies on the grassroots of Biafran states in particular through corruptly financial manipulation from the center It does not seek for infrastructure projects on the grassroots of their targets, but for indirect policies and political control/ propagation of whatever agenda they have in mind. "Nigerians, please, local government financial autonomy in this context is restructuring of a complex kind". ....because, in it, you render most state government responsibilities ceremonial and party affiliation on the given states in perpetual crisis/conflict prone. With the economic regional integration of se/ss and all the good news coming out of Anambra state, you think the enemies are sleeping??.. |
Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by Blue3k(m): 2:13am On May 01, 2017 |
knowledgeable: Dude this dumbest thing I read today. Your tribalism warped your mind making you come up with most nonsensical conspiracy theory of all time. It literally stupid on every level. I hope you were trolling by writing up this cancerous post. I'll list all the ways your post was stupid. 1. If local government iare autonomous by definition the won't be controlled by outside parties be it state or federal. They will be raising their tax money from you and accountable to your commuity. 2. They already are controlled by your state governor. Through various constitutional requirements. You don't need to look towards Abuja. 3. If the local government are in control of finances they will handle more infastrure projects. Next they will operate with state and federal government in cooperative federalism. 4. How would they get indirect control if the government has less legal means of directly controlling them. 5. Don't you know your fellow Igbo politicians is supporting cause. Nnanna Igbokwe of Imo State and Elendu Ukeje of Abia. knowledgeable: 6. State Government have better thing to do than micromanage affairs of cities. They have their own responsibilities so let LG do theirs. 7. How exactly does this lead to a crisis? If the serve underdevelopement not a crises I don't know what is. 8. What does SS abd SE have to do with anything. 9. Igbo professors and universities published same findings on this issue. 10. Don't pretend to be knowledgeable about subjects your don't understand. 2 Likes
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Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by MrMaestro: 2:25am On May 01, 2017 |
I agree with him in the sense that not all LGAs should be active. But instead of leaving them running under the governors payroll of they aren't, they should be taken over by LGA that is self sustaining. Overall, the amount of LGAs need to come down drastically. But ultimately, regional government should be the end goal. Awolowo was right all along, a confederation of states consisting of the different regions is the best solution. We should've went with this from the beginning. 1 Like |
Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by kenny987(f): 6:16am On May 01, 2017 |
Are the states self-sufficient? Is d state not also dependent on the FG? It's only because ds country turns things on its head that's why we practice this bastardised form of federalism. By right, d central govt isn't supposed to have business creating LGAs. That should be the business of the viable, self-sufficient states/regions for administrative convenience. That automatically leaves the regions or states with the full responsibility of catering for as many LGAs as they are able to but in Nigeria, the clamour for more LGA's is to secure more funds from the FG, why should that be? Leads back to the question of why we practice this debilitating spoon-feeding federalism in the first place! 1 Like |
Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by knowledgeable: 6:40am On May 01, 2017 |
Blue3k: @blue3x, you are no different from the animals from the zoo. Most African lack critical reasoning and analytical skills, and therefore cannot make analytical connections. Let me help you the best way I can. Holistically, "system Nigeria is |
Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by knowledgeable: 6:41am On May 01, 2017 |
Blue3k: @blue3x, you are no different from the animals from the zoo. Most African lack critical reasoning and analytical skills, and therefore cannot make analytical connections. Let me help you the best way I can. Holistically, "system Nigeria" is completely dysfunctional and need restructuring overall period. Why tinkering with a subset of which the outcome is not going to increase the GDP, build massive infrastructure, provide employment for the teeming youth of this country( already approaching a time bomb threshold) than what we all already know what the outcome will be like( Nigerian factor, politics, corruption, tribalism, marginalization, completely excluding of Igbos from the center and putting up a structure that have all the potential to effect them on the grassroots while a local government chairman can be influenced directly from Abuja. |
Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by Blue3k(m): 7:22am On May 01, 2017 |
kenny987: No answer to how weird allocation system came to being but I do have answer for local government history. The foolish millitary decrees made this branch of government inefficient because economic viability didn't matter to them. The are just like states made lazy by allocation. The second half is incorrect. The amount Local government gets is based on section 162 of 1999 constitution. 20.6% from federation account and 10% IGR from the states. More local government means less to go around. They probably make more to be popular I don't know. |
Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by orisa37: 9:26am On May 01, 2017 |
You become a useless Father if your Children and Wife are being trained and maintained by their Grandpa. Your Father can bleep your wife as he pleases. |
Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by davidif: 3:52am On Jul 05, 2017 |
If the local govt cannot generate revenues then why do they exist in the first place? Who designed this country's structure sef? This is sure not what the British left us with. 1 Like |
Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by davidif: 3:57am On Jul 05, 2017 |
EVarn: Wrong! The best way for a child to learn how to was is by walking. Let the LGA's be given the independence (autonomy) to elect there chairman, representatives, school education board, Judges and police inspectors. That's how things work in developed countries. For nsija to work the Fed govt needs to decentralize a lot of power to the lower tiers (levels) of govt (state and local govts). 1 Like |
Re: Autonomy For Local Govt. Will Free States From Financial Burden Gov. Amosun by EVarn(m): 8:05am On Jul 05, 2017 |
davidif:Which is exactly the same thing I said,restructure our federalism by decentralizing power from the centre to the grassroots,that is the first step.We cannot grant the LGAs full autonomy and expect miracles in this current system where supreme power and resources belongs to the centre. Both power and resources must be given to the grassroot governments,not just autonomy without tangible resource or viability. |
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