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The National Assembly on Tuesday, granted full financial and administrative autonomy to all the 774 local council authorities across Nigeria by amending section 124 of the nation’s constitution.

The section provides a consequential provision for the making of the local councils, a full third tier government without undue interference from the state governments.

The amendment was one of the 22 others approved by the House of Representatives last week and ratified by the Senate on Tuesday.

Both chambers had through a conference committee harmonised versions of the amendments into the constitution carried out by each of them last month.

By the development, the National Assembly had ratified all the 23 clauses and sections that had been amended by both chambers.

The newly amended document which would be sent to States Houses of Assembly, for approval, also approved the creation of the Office of Auditor General of the Local Government as well as the State Local Government Service Commission.

The section equally deleted the State
Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) from the constitution thereby vesting the powers to conduct council elections on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).


https://nationalpointdaily.com/breaking-news-national-assembly-grants-full-autonomy-to-the-774-localgovernments-of-nigeria-as-inec-is-now-to-conduct-local-governmentelections/

Will state assembly sign the bills?

Will state Governors accept this fate?

I'm just curious!

Lot of questions keep falling in.

if true, then we are in for a good ride in the coming years. we used to have vibrant local government system t.



But how will states that has rolled out fund for local govt election get back the funds.

Tinubu abeg sign this one sharp sharp and kindly remember to add the anti grazing bill, i know that is one of the reason the fulani's are ganging up against you, the ignorant ones are calling it the north gang up without looking closely

One of the clauses that will surely be rejected by the states houses of assembly is transferring the responsibility of conducting local government elections from SIECs to INEC. Those SIECs were created by the houses of assembly in the first place and it will seem like oppression on them for the National Assembly to strip them of that power of oversight.

Asiwaju Jagaban BAT.

Jagaban, we hail thee. Jagaban's legacy after 8years would be very historic.

crestedaguiyi:
if true, then we are in for a good ride in the coming years. we used to have vibrant local government system t.



But how will states that has rolled out fund for local govt election get back the funds.

Tinubu abeg sign this one sharp sharp and kindly remember to add the anti grazing bill, i know that is one of the reason the fulani's are ganging up against you, the ignorant ones are calling it the north gang up without looking closely

It's not about the President signing it into law.
There must be 2/3 majority from each of 36 States of the Federation HoAss, agreeing to the amendment.
This amendments have always been from the days of Obasanjo to Buhari. But when the amendments gets to the State Houses of Assembly, the governor would instruct the rubber-stamp House of Assembly to throw it out. It will never see the light of Day.
I remembered in the last administration, they were 18 states that agreed to the amendments.

In my State, Rivers State, Wike instructed the house that the Bill should be thrown out.
I could remember Wanosike, the Ikwerre LGA Chairman saying publicly that they don't want any autonomy.

So it's a complex situation.

Mr Dead brain, why do you pride yourself in foolishness ? How is LG autonomy related to electricity and who told your foolish soul you need to send to national grid ? Is Geometric in Abia sending to the National grid ?

IAmHim1:
Lolzzz

Then let them produce their own electricity without the federal government telling them to "send to the national grid"

What's autonomy again in this context if not controlled slavery

Good development if allowed to scale through.

Federal government wants to create an appendage in the local government in the name of autonomy. Imagine INEC conducting local government elections, and you call it autonomy.

saintopus:
It's not about the President signing it into law.
There must be 2/3 majority from each of 36 States of the Federation HoAss, agreeing to the amendment.
This amendments have always been from the days of Obasanjo to Buhari. But when the amendments gets to the State Houses of Assembly, the governor would instruct the rubber-stamp House of Assembly to throw it out. It will never see the light of Day.
I remembered in the last administration, they were 18 states that agreed to the amendments.

In my State, Rivers State, Wike instructed the house that the Bill should be thrown out.
I could remember Wanosike, the Ikwerre LGA Chairman saying publicly that they don't want any autonomy.

So it's a complex situation.

This is where we need the acclaim political dexterity of the president--- as this will bring power closer to the people especially as public primary schools education lies in the hand of LG.

COMRADES, this looks to me like an effort in futility as long as Nigeria governors forum is concerned

Does it matter who conducts LG elections? The one INEC conducted last year, have Zombiedients accepted the result that their Pandora fraud finished third like the third-class material that he is? LG autonomy does not in any way guarantee development at the grassroots. With the peanuts they get from the federal allocations, all they will do is paint the council compound and share the rest among themselves.

IAmHi1:
Lolzzz

Then let them produce their own electricity without the federal government telling them to "send to the national grid"

What's autonomy again in this context if not controlled slavery

Power supply was decentralize under Buhari

How true is this news sef

How true?

The state assembly members are under the cage of the governors. They might reject it

Very good

The section equally deleted the State
Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) from the constitution thereby vesting the powers to conduct council elections on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

If this is applicable to the upcoming Rivers State Council Election. Fabura, how many times did I call you?

K

Southern Kaduna will be free at last

To God be the glory

The backbone of the financial power of Nigerian Govs has been broken, along with a decent chunk of their political capital. Without the ability to appoint/sack LGA Chairmen through the SIEC, they can no longer just order them to come and sign over their allocations to the State anymore!

This news gladdens my heart.

topoftheworld:
Will state assembly sign the bills?

Will state Governors accept this fate?

I'm just curious!

That's another hurdle to cross but we will cross it.

With or without LGA autonomy, the governor can still do what he wants to do, as far as he is the governor, he can have a commissioner who will be in charge of all the local government, any money that enters the state, the governor will no. They will be autonomy for mouth, but not financially. That is one aspect that the governor is bigger than the fedral, what they have to just do is that, they should speak to them(govt.)

They have done this before during the buhari administration but the state governments refuse to assent to it.

How does this your statement go inline with the news here?
You never like good news in your entire years you've spend.

How wish this news can come to reality

IAmHim1:
Lolzzz

Then let them produce their own electricity without the federal government telling them to "send to the national grid"

What's autonomy again in this context if not controlled slavery

IkeOnyia:
One of the clauses that will surely be rejected by the states houses of assembly is transferring the responsibility of conducting local government elections from SIECs to INEC. Those SIECs were created by the houses of assembly in the first place and it will seem like oppression on them for the National Assembly to strip them of that power of oversight.

State governors won't be comfortable with that section of the bill cause they know that inec which is not yet independent can easily be used to rig the local govt elections in their states.