Right now what the local government chairmen get are just crumbs from the governors table. They are afraid that if the council chairmen become autonomous, they ll be empowered to fight them

There can't be autonomy for local government councils. It's wrong.

Hmmm,16>19 is now 1. In money n corruption we r one. There is God oooo

Adiye gagara ofe ki kekere o ko.

Nonsensical... , all for political reason not for the good of the people

local government chairman are useless as a used tissue paper, and there are the most corrupt unit of Nigerian government seriously people like like saminu turaki, Joshua Dariye, james ibori and Alamieyeseigha are saint compare to most local government chairman

Yes the Governors will not support LG autonomy because they will automatically loose the control of the fund and manipulation of LG elections.

Why won't they reject it when it's an avenue for them to syphon and drain their various states' resources and the country in general. Useless bunch!
Beast of burdens! !!,

Its just like asking the FG to support true federalism and autonomy of the States. Its cool being a boss and dictating the pace. What I don't like that all Governors do is to use LG funds for their priority projects in urban areas instead of the specific rural target of the funds.

Of course those short sighted pot bellied criminals will reject it because they believe they would be Governors forever.

This is a great pointer to the fact that all our leaders at all levels not excluding anyone are corrupt and selfish...pls what is wrong in granting autonomy to LGs,when do they want grassroots politics to grow,why are they saying there are no countries with three federating units in d world...in the US,you have d president,the mayor and the town counsellor or chairman,equivelant of the LG chairman,if the people gather together and elects a council chairman and his counsellors and he messes,the people who are closer to him can deal with him decisively,cos he is living among them and they know him,or do they think because they are messing up and getting away with it,it is right abii?.....to be honest,Nigeria needs a little bit of dictatorship,just a little toughness,but in d right manner,such that no one can stand up and behave anyone,d one that pains me most is Nyesom Wike,caused confusion in rivers state,nearly destroyed education and keeps making loud noises against d government of his state...and he is contesting for governorship in his state..it is better we stand,stand for what is right and take back from our leaders the ship of this state...let us form a party and have unanimous candidates at all levels...with clearly spelt out regulatns,men and women of credible character...it is getting too much,Nigeria is making money,yet d leaders are squandering it,recently this woman,diezani maduekwe was listed as a billionaire,what is the source of her income,how did she make her money,she is one of the people destroying this country...all of them,not excluding any of our leaders will be judged by God for their wickedness,corruptn and selfishness...go to the streets and see au pple are suffering,does it make sense..does it?

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stinggy:
See thieves! Yet they want states' autonomy.
They squander the money meant for LG by not conducting elections as stipulated by law e.g. Oyo state

Yes, this is why we shouLd vote this selfish man that doesn't allocate duties to proper quaters out... Imagine a governor saying he'll distribute teacher's employment letter himself so that someone will nt take his glory.... We need to. Gt it right In oyo state

Ao does that affect the price of garri.


Na dem sabi joor

In politics, no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, just permanent interests. I knew they would agree on something eventually.

See them;array of tested and trusted criminals. People with no single patriotism in them. See that pint-sized mediocre,Gov T.A. Orji of Abia State! God will judge all you heatless embezzlers!!!

NGF, your say is useless. It has already been accepted by the National Assembly, you can only beg GEJ not to sign it while you are in office.

austinbrown:
Even T.A Orji is among the governors rejecting autonomy for LG? Chai I don die

The Governors' fears are misplaced. In the US, for instance, local governments (County and/or State) have the power to make laws (ordinances) to govern their jurisdictions. A governor cannot "suspend" a mayor, or influence the state board of elections to not conduct elections into the offices of mayor, city council, or county council.

However, I'll suggest that there should be a concurrent legislative list enumerating the powers of both the State and Local governments in certain areas. Also, in the event that an LG law clashes with a State law, the State law should have supremacy.

I'd also support direct federal allocation to the LG councils, to make them truly independent and not a mere appendage of the State governor.

Sex is sweet when you have the right partner. I'm glad I found mine. 69 is the best

Mrkuvuki:
Not in support of autonomy for LG Councils, its gonna breed Impunity that'll touch the masses to the lowest level....
It would have made a lotta sense in saner climes though,but I know my countrymen.

True

CFCfan:



The Governors' fears are misplaced. In the US, for instance, local governments (County and/or State) have the power to make laws (ordinances) to govern their jurisdictions. A governor cannot "suspend" a mayor, or influence the state board of elections to not conduct elections into the offices of mayor, city council, or county council.

However, I'll suggest that there should be a concurrent legislative list enumerating the powers of both the State and Local governments in certain areas. Also, in the event that an LG law clashes with a State law, the State law should have supremacy.

I'd also support direct federal allocation to the LG councils, to make them truly independent and not a mere appendage of the State governor.

same here in France

Not only in Oyo state(as u erroneously put it)it is common all over d state's'

stinggy:
See thieves! Yet they want states' autonomy.
They squander the money meant for LG by not conducting elections as stipulated by law e.g. Oyo state

This is really an evidence to tell you that this polithiefians are so self centred,they only care about their pockets not even minding the life and standard of living of the society they are governing.all they wanted is to sit on top of the allocation going to each local government inorder to harness and withdraw any amount they feel like any time they feel like.and this always make local government chairmen slaves to this so called governors.honestly I prefer local govt autonomy.

stinggy:
See thieves! Yet they want states' autonomy.
They squander the money meant for LG by not conducting elections as stipulated by law e.g. Oyo state

Virtually all the states in Nigeria are guilty of this.

The National Assembly should press on with it and leave the state assemblies to conclude the work.

englishmart:
There can't be autonomy for local government councils. It's wrong.

why?

I knew they were not going to buy it. But ot is left to be seen who makes the laws.

CFCfan:



The Governors' fears are misplaced. In the US, for instance, local governments (County and/or State) have the power to make laws (ordinances) to govern their jurisdictions. A governor cannot "suspend" a mayor, or influence the state board of elections to not conduct elections into the offices of mayor, city council, or county council.

However, I'll suggest that there should be a concurrent legislative list enumerating the powers of both the State and Local governments in certain areas. Also, in the event that an LG law clashes with a State law, the State law should have supremacy.

I'd also support direct federal allocation to the LG councils, to make them truly independent and not a mere appendage of the State governor.

All the noise from Ngf is about your last paragraph. They just can't come to terms with living without lgs money. It has become extra pocket money. A governor receives federal statutory allocation, security vote, ecological fund, derivation and internally generated revenue. These are just the ones we know of but it is not enough, they need everything that goes to lgas too and this is the reason most lga chairmen abandon their duties.

Also losing the ability to control them like their slaves is another reason for the opposition.

blink182:
All the noise from Ngf is about your last paragraph. They just can't come to terms with living without lgs money. It has become extra pocket money. A governor receives federal statutory allocation, security vote, ecological fund, derivation and internally generated revenue. These are just the ones we know of but it is not enough, they need everything that goes to lgas too and this is the reason most lga chairmen abandon their duties.

Also losing the ability to control them like their slaves is another reason for the opposition.

It shows how the governors are so used to impunity. It's really a shame.

But my support for LG autonomy has some limitations - Personal income tax should be solely within the purview of the FG and States; and the LGs should be barred from setting up law enforcement agencies.

if that is wat d govs want,then
national assembly shld oblige them,but before doing so, they shld scrap all d local govts and allow states to create d no of local govts they want..devt will continue to elude people at d grassroot as long as d govs controls d local govts

englishmart:
There can't be autonomy for local government councils. It's wrong.

look at them yes you are one of the thugs used by these thrives to terrorise the people why would you say no? when you know it is from the money meant for grass root development that he pays you with but this time you will fail. demo crazy bitches

So they are still interested in confiscating the allocations of their LGAs. The reason why nigeria isn't working is because the closest government to the people (Local government) is been starved of funds.

Samgreguc:
NGF, your say is useless. It has already been accepted by the National Assembly, you can only beg GEJ not to sign it while you are in office.

please elaborate on what you said because I am really worried about this piece of news