The Niger State President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Comrade Idrees Abdulkareem Lafene has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to include administrative and political autonomy to the financial autonomy already granted to the local government councils in Nigeria.
Lafene appealed during an interactive session with Journalists in his office in Minna, Niger State capital at the weekend adding that the political autonomy will allow the people, especially at the grassroots to elect local government chairmen of their choice.
Lafene, who is also the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Niger State Council, explained that the political autonomy should also allow the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to take over the conduct of the elections in the local governments from the states Independent electoral commissions( SIEC), stressing that this will grant the local government councils across the Country full autonomy as pronounced by the Supreme Court recently.
He pointed out that the financial autonomy if granted along with the political and administrative autonomy, will bring about speedy and even development to the local government councils, just as he emphasised the need for both the autonomy to be granted to the third tier of government.
Comrade Abdulkareem Lafene, slater further that granting financial autonomy and administrative as well as political autonomy to the local government councils across the country, will address the incessant security challenges confronting several local communities.
He however commended the Apex Court and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for obtaining the landmark judgment as pronounced by the Supreme Court, noting that the local government councils across the country will now live up to their Constitutional responsibilities of bringing development closer to the people at the grassroots.
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