Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the survival of the
current state of local government administration in the country is in the hand
God, adding that politicians are making the management of local government
worse with corruption.
The ex-President stated this on Tuesday when he played host
to the new President of the National Union of Local Government Employees, Comrade
Akeem Ambali, at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Penthouse residence
in Ogun State.
According to a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, the former President urged the local government workers in the country to be prayerful for things to get better.
Obasanjo was quoted as saying, “I am of the view that the situation needs prayers. A situation whereby a local government cannot even afford a grader to make local roads motorable, a situation where they cannot build hospital or provide for the educational needs of their people is not what we want the local government to be when we are creating the 1976 Reform
“Well, the rot actually started by the military, who wanted
to have such local councils in their respective areas. This increased the
number to 774 from about 300.”
“But, the politicians further make it worse with corruption.
These were not what we envisioned, when we created local governments reform in
1976. Local governments are expected to provide overall quality of life for the
people who reside in their communities, but is that what we have now?” Obasanjo
queried.
Earlier, the new NULGE National President intimated the former
President on the recent happenings, disclosing that the Union needed his
intervention and contribution on the planned delisting of local government from
the 1999 constitution by the National Assembly.
Ambali described the bill as an attempt to kill local
government administration in the country. He said union leaders have been
mandated to visit members of the lower chambers in their constituencies as part
of advocacy and engagement to ensure they stand with the people.
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