President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted
an implementation committee on autonomy of state legislature and state
judiciary.
Femi Adesina, spokesman to the
president, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
He said the committee will drive
the actualisation of the autonomy granted to the legislature and judiciary at
the state level.
It will be chaired by Abubakar
Malami, attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, and has
representatives of state judiciary, such as N Ajanah, chief judge of Kogi
state, and K Abiri, chief judge of Bayelsa state.
Other members are Khadi Abdullahi
Maikano Usman, Grand Khadi, Gombe state sharia court of appeal, and Abbazih
Musa Sadeeq, acting president of the FCT customary court of appeal.
Also represented on the committee
are speakers of state houses of asembly, the Nigerian Bar Association, among
others.
Adesina said the committee will
monitor and ensure the implementation of financial autonomy across the
judiciary and legislature of the 36 states.
The presidential aide said the
committee will be inaugurated in due course.
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