The Senate on Monday called on Nigerians to vote for only
candidates that have a clear agenda to liberate the local government system in
the 2023 general election.
Senator Olalekan Mustapha, the Chairman of the Senate
Committee on States and Local Government Administration, stated this at the
second edition of the Local Government Economic Summit in Abuja.
Mustapha, who disclosed that the local government system in
the country was in a mess and subservient situation, urged the electorate to
vote for only candidates that would ensure local government autonomy.
He said, “As the general election draws closer, Nigerians
should vote only for politicians that have a clear agenda to liberate our local
government system by granting them full political and financial autonomy.
“What we’re seeing today in the various states is no
political and financial autonomy.
“It’s so ironic for a local government not to have authority
to fund development in their various localities without the approval of their
supervising ministry.”
Mustapha added that if all the state governments pass the
Bill on Financial Autonomy as approved by the National Assembly, rural areas
will develop, and insecurity will be tackled.
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