{"id":123880,"date":"2024-07-11T11:49:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T10:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/lga-autonomy-nigerian-govs-problem-of-good-governance-atikus-ex-aide-on-supreme-court-verdict"},"modified":"2024-07-11T13:07:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:07:28","slug":"lga-autonomy-nigerian-govs-problem-of-good-governance-atikus-ex-aide-on-supreme-court-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/lga-autonomy-nigerian-govs-problem-of-good-governance-atikus-ex-aide-on-supreme-court-verdict","title":{"rendered":"LGA autonomy: Nigerian Govs problem of good governance \u2013 Atiku\u2019s ex-aide on Supreme Court verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Daniel Bwala, a former spokesman of the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has described state governors as the problem of good governance in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Bwala said the next step should be a verdict that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, should conduct local government elections.<\/p>\n<p>He was reacting to the Supreme Court ruling that granted autonomy of allocation to local government areas.<\/p>\n<p>In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional for state governments to hold onto federal allocation from the Federal Government.<\/p>\n<p>However, posting on X, Bwala wrote: \u201cThank God for the Supreme Court verdict on local government autonomy to the effect that \u201cit is unconstitutional for state governments to hold onto LG funds; henceforth FGN pays directly to LGAs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne victory down. The next is either a constitutional review or court verdict declaring that INEC to conduct LG elections, otherwise governors might still use LG chairmen appointed by them to hold the monies in trust for them<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernors are the problem of good governance, but many people don\u2019t know. Do you know how much they have received since @officialABAT took office? Tell me what they are doing in their states to address hunger and unemployment?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my opinion even media houses hardly stay long on this conversation because their major clients are state governments. This democracy requires all of us to move it forward ohh. There is God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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