The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has finally agreed to implement autonomy for state legislative and judiciary, with effect from May 2021.

Kayode Fayose, Ekiti state governor who is the NGF chairman, disclosed this to state house correspondents on Monday.

Fayemi said the decision was reached in a meeting attended by federal lawmakers, representatives of the judiciary and legislative staff, and Ibrahim Gambari, chief of staff to the president.

He insisted the governors never objected to full autonomy for the state assemblies and judiciary, adding that “the issue is about implementation.”

“There has been no objection from governors on judicial and legislative autonomies. As a matter of fact, it would not have passed if governors were not in support in the first instance, in the state assemblies,” he said.

“As soon as the final document that is being cleaned up emerges, that is preparatory to implementation. We’re not going to put a timeframe in the air, but it will be implemented as soon as possible, definitely no later than the end of May 2021.”

Ikwerelastborn:
thats some good news but not necessarily that things will change better but for the fact that the judiciary will also have the opportunity to chop like the executives ,because what is about to happen is transferring the right to steal from the executive to the judiciary

“There has been no objection from governors on judicial and legislative autonomies. As a matter of fact, it would not have passed if governors were not in support in the first instance, in the state assemblies,” he said.

Ikwerelastborn:
thats some good news but not necessarily that things will change better but for the fact that the judiciary will also have the opportunity to chop like the executives ,because what is about to happen is transferring the right to steal from the executive to the judiciary

santakris:
Kayode Fayose, Ekiti state governor. Hummm......who be this one again?

telkevog:

Bro, that is not even the point. Do you know that many court Halls and premises are so delapidated that one can't imagine that a judge sits there? Do you know that about two or three different courts share the same court Halls in a day, whereby one will sit from 9am to 12 noon, another 12:30 to maybe 2:30 pm, and so on? Do you know that many judges and magistrates has no official car? Why? Because they are waiting for the executive to service and maintain the Judiciary whose allocation they go to collect at Abuja in addition to their own. The judiciary service commission and the heads of courts are there to manage and account for the allocation of the judiciary, not the executive. Out of the money accrueable to the judiciary, they can only manage to pay them salaries and some allowances, the rest they gulp down. That's the reason they don't want to let go. But enough is enough!

helinues:
Why are they skipping LG from this autonomy?

And this are the people demanding for restructuring....

Na wah oo

pharmagba:

I am more interested in local govt autonomy even more than the judiciary