The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq says the Supreme Court verdict on local government autonomy relieves the burden on state governors.
Governor AbdulRazaq spoke at the State House in Abuja on Friday in the company of his Bauchi and Imo State counterparts Bala Mohammed and Hope Uzodimma respectively.
“We welcome the ruling of the Supreme Court, compliance is a given and our Attorney Generals have applied for the enrollment order, which we’ll study carefully. But by and large, governors are happy with the devolution of power with respect to local government autonomy,” the governor said.
“It relieves the burden on governors. Our people really don’t know how much states expend in bailing out local governments, and that’s the issue there.”
Governor Abdul Razak said the Nigeria Governors’ Forum will meet next Wednesday to come up with a resolution about the matter.
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Recall the Supreme Court Verdict gave financial autonomy to Local government councils ruled it unconstitutional for governors to be in possession of LG funds nor to sack elected LG governments.
