Tag: Council Autonomy
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Buhari speaks on state, legislature, judiciary autonomy
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that his administration will ensure a strengthened and stabilised democratic system in Nigeria. He made this known when the Presidential Implementation Committee on Financial Autonomy of State Legislature and Judiciary submitted a report on Tuesday. According to a statement by Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina, President Buhari…
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Council autonomy: Differing tunes from Rivers, Kwara, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon The contentious issue of autonomy for local government councils in Nigeria resonated in the past weeks in the Houses of Assembly in Rivers and Kwara states. On the burner was the power of state governors to dissolve democratically-elected councils, and sanction “recalcitrant” chairmen. While the Rivers Assembly seems to hold the governor…