By Jude Atupulazi
Amid the seeming refusal of many state governors to stop meddling in the affairs of the third tier of government, despite their fiscal autonomy, the Guber Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Mr John Nwosu, says he supports LG autonomy hundred percent.
Nwosu, whose views on the topic were sought, regretted that many state governors still fiddled with council funds, pointing to what happened in Anambra State as a case in point.
‘By fiddling with local government funds, the concerned state governors disobey existing court orders and provisions of the 1999 Constitution. The 1976 Local Government Reform made the Local Government the third tier of government and a federating unit.
I believe certain provisions of the 1999 Constitution also provide the LGs with legislative and statutory powers similar to those of the federal and state governments. Local Government Autonomy gives them the discretion to regulate their affairs. The aim is to promote rapid grassroots development,’ he pointed out.
Nwosu promised that if he became the Governor, Anambra Local Governments would have full autonomy and he would work with them collaboratively.
