Ahead of the 2023 general election, the National Association of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has threatened to mobilize against any lawmaker or governor not in support of local government autonomy, in the forthcoming election.
The National President of the Association, Comrade Olatunji Ambali, who issued the threat while speaking during advocacy on local government autonomy at the Plateau State House of Assembly, chided some governors and state assembly members in the country for their hesitant posture toward the bill.
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He pointed out that the forum of the governor lacks convincing reasons why the local government autonomy bill should not be passed, adding that the reasons adduced by some of them are selfish.
Any state that is not stealing local government funds will have no problem passing the Local Government Autonomy Bill. If we are serious about fighting insecurity, the local government must be given financial autonomy.
“Between 2015 and date, the allocations to local government are about N500 billion, without aggregate development and improvement in local government. No wonder urban migration has continued to thrive, thereby leaving local governments vulnerable to banditry and terrorism.
