Senate urges FG to stop allocation to non-elected LG councils

The Federal Government of Nigeria has been advised by the Senate to stop providing statutory funding to non-democratically elected local government councils.

There was a unanimous decision in the Red Chamber that this action would discourage some state governors’ totalitarian inclinations.

This resolution is being considered in response to a motion made by Senator Abba Moro highlighting the critical necessity to stop Benue State’s elected councils from dissolving in order to prevent the further degradation of democracy.

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The lawmakers contended that the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s (as amended) Constitution is violated, abnormal, and undemocratic when Caretaker Committees are assigned in lieu of Elected Councils.

The motion’s seconder, Senator Victor Umeh of the Anambra Senatorial District, bemoaned the issue’s ongoing erosion of Nigeria’s local government structure.

As a result, the Senate denounced the capricious dissolution of locally elected assemblies in Benue and other states.

Remember that Alia suspended all Benue State local government executives in June?

The Senate urged Alia to honour his oath of office, follow the law, examine the caretaker committees’ constitutions, and restore the elected councils in order to preserve the reputation of Nigerian democracy.