We are in support of LG autonomy —NLC

THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba  has thrown its weights behind the calls by a spectrum of the Nigerian society for full  autonomy for the local governments in the country, saying that if the government at the grassroots is strengthened, democracy would be strengthened in Nigeria.

He stated this on Thursday in his address at the Nigeria National Merit Award House,   Maitama District,  Abuja,  during the conferment  of Excellence Awards on 10 Council Chairmen from Adamawa, Benue,  Gombe,  Niger , Plateau, Kebbi  and  Sokoto states,  by  Three Medals Communications, publishers of  The Medals Magazine, Abuja,  under the aegis of Nigerian Local Government Excellence Award (LOGEXA) as well as the official launching of the Medals Magazine’s  publication.

Other recipients at the occasion included,  Hon. Mohammed  Mammab Auna, Chairman, Magama LGA, Niger state, Honourable Idi Amin, Chairman Maiha LGA, Adamawa state, Hon, Adakole Abutu, Chairman, Ohimini LGA, Benue State, among others.

He stated  further that Nigeria is one of the very few countries in the world that was paying lipservice to the call for full autonomy  for the local governments, which he described as the closest government to the people at the grassroots. He stressed that one of the  challenges confronting  the citizenry as a people is not lack of resources but utilising  the resources for the benefits of the people.

He, thereby, advocated for  accountability and respect for the rule of law  by public office holders in the country, arguing that a situation whereby  the state governments were presiding over the allocations of the local government from the Federal Allocation Accounts Committee{FAAC} was unacceptable .