MAYOWAAK: Hear what Lai. Mohammed of ACN said about scrapping of SIECs by house of Rep

"Why will they scrap SIECs? What is the guarantee that if local government elections are conducted by INEC it will not be worse than the ones that have been organised by the state governments?...It is very dangerous to allow INEC which is controlled by the Federal Government to conduct local government elections..."

Aleeyouchalawa: Abeg wia is my bby tonto dike 2days I no see her on 1st page wahala

Julieccentric: Lol....everybody dey strike..themselves wan strike..If they do their jobs well, less blame would be on GEJ n Fashola and co..Bunch of mediocres n Losers!

joyidarauko: EVERYBODY IS GOING FOR strike what are we going to eat oo

jerseyboy: They will not be missed.

Lobsan Rampa: Strike ke! Is it nationwide because in my state they are not on strike.

nerodenero: Do they really work?I don't see their relevance joo.

*dhtml:
Who is it his oloshi nao?

point5: I tink dat is d best way 4 FG 2 listin n look into problems we r havin in dss country,front page finaly..f

ct)(:
Sorry to ask this question ,what is their function ? Only what I know they do here in the north is to come and collect revenue without giving a recmeipt

GT777: Guy, wetin dey wori sef, e b like say u don hi abi, @ mayoski.

anonimi: Does ACN/APC's clamour for true fiscal federalism extend to the LGAs autonomy?
If yes, how have the ACN lawmakers ensured their quest for fiscal federalism is reflected and incorporated in the ongoing constitution amendment

Vic-jay:
better for us all.@ least no more arm robbery and bombing. Say because u dey important or what?

jassie: We won't miss them at all. . .

Local government officials are almost completely useless. The only thing they do is to share revenue amongst themselves. The state government itselt handles most of the tasks!

In Alimosho Local Government for example, you can hardly point to anything useful they've done. For them to map out areas with inaccessible roads & handle its construction is a big deal to them. You get point.. bt d illiterate ones re those sent to get revenue from shop owners nd market women.. abi u go carry ur Degree go do dat work?

Most of them are illiterates who can't even handle the jobs they're supposed to do. . . Abeg make dem gerrout!

3ace: What's the difference? Before wetin dem dey do sef? Everyday is like going on strike, so e no go too make any difference. That's life at civil service. Little work, plenty money.

MAYOWAAK:

Senator Sola Adeyeye and Oluremi Tinubu of the ACN voted against the constitution amendment bill on 'Local Government Autonomy'.

moscobabs: which day Nairalanders will strike at least we suppose to help our brothers and sisters that are on strike

MAYOWAAK: The functions of Local Governments, as spelt out in the Nigeria Constitution, are as follows:

• Collection of tax and rates
• Issuance of licenses for vehicle, hawkers, television, bicycles and naming of streets.
• Provision and maintenance of local markets
• Registration of death, birth and marriages that occur with area of jurisdiction
• Provision of libraries and schools
• Provision and maintenance of healthcare facilities
• Provision of customary courts that handle issues that pertain minor disputes, divorce, minor traffic offences, disagreement over any piece of land

My take: It is in Nigeria here you ll see State Govs, after rendering local govt useless, taking glory of local Govt's works. Building of local market and roads, provision of healthcare facilities and construction of local roads are works of LG not State Govt but here you state Govs running jingles on Radio and Tvs claiming all of local govt works as its achievements. Granting total autonomy to local govt, they won't support but found pleasure in spending their money!

Jglad:
they cant do anytin until dey stand alone so dnt blame dem

Dis Guy: What do they even do? apart from commissioning ceremonies with FG/SG ?

4 Play: I twice went to the Awka South LGA office recently. The "workers" were away from their desks for the 2 hours I waited for them.

bknight: It is ridiculous that elected public office holders will go on strike

mrlaw93: the senate is the problem.. they block every move.. they re d real cause of problem in this country

mrlaw93: view previous comments shogbo

anonimi:

I believe that ACN/APC have about 30-40% of the SINators in their fold.
They should be able to convince enough other SINators to pass their true fiscal federalism if they are SERIOUS about it beyond the usual political rhetorics to swindle the people.

joyidarauko: EVERYBODY IS GOING FOR strike what are we going to eat oo

anonimi:

I believe that ACN/APC have about 30-40% of the SINators in their fold.
They should be able to convince enough other SINators to pass their true fiscal federalism if they are SERIOUS about it beyond the usual political rhetorics to swindle the people.

Dis Guy:
mogbo

what they are meant to be doing and what they do is obviously different, we know what the constitution says, what they do outside the constitution is the question..