…..it relieves the burden on Governor says Abdulrazaq
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Nigerian governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum have revealed that they would meet next week to take a position on the ruling by the Supreme Court granting local governments autonomy.
According to them, they are expecting the enrolment order from the Attorney Generals of all the states to take a position.
The Chairman of the NGF and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman, said this on Friday before a meeting with President Bola Tinubu.
AbdulRahman, who said the governors are happy with the Supreme Court judgment, told State House Correspondent: “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 in respect to local government autonomy.
“It relieves the burden on governors.
“Our people really don’t know how much states spend in bailing out local governments.
“And that’s the issue there.
“The forum will meet next Wednesday to look at the issue wholly and then come up with a resolution on that.
“Like I said, we haven’t seen the enrollment of the court order and so we really don’t know what is in there.”
On how the judgment will affect Kwara State, AbdulRahman said: “It’s not going to affect the state.
“We’ve never tampered with local government funds.
“So it’s going to continue.
“What the local governments have to do is to manage themselves, especially with the oncoming minimum wage, to manage their affairs and make sure salaries are paid, traditional rulers get their 5 percent and those are the main issues.”
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