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The Leader of the Rivers assembly, Mr Chidi Lloyd, on Tuesday said that council chairmen would abuse political powers if local government autonomy was granted.
Lloyd made the assertion in Port Harcourt after the assembly took its position on the ongoing constitution amendment.
He noted that the Rivers assembly was against local government autonomy because if granted, some of the chairmen would use political powers arbitrarily against others.
The leader stated that the legislative arms of some of the local governments could not pass bills to better the lives of their people.
He said that in the present circumstance, the councils seemed autonomous because they already had legislative arms that made bylaw for the people.
"They should not talk about local government autonomy because already they are autonomous,’’ he added.
In a related development, the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in the state has urged the state assembly to support local government autonomy.
The Deputy Chairman of the body, Mr Magidi Dickson, who led its members to the assembly, called on the legislators to support the autonomy as recommended in the constitutional amendment.
The Deputy Speaker of the assembly, Mr Leyii Kwanee, who addressed the gathering, assured them that he would convey their message to the Speaker of the assembly, Mr Otelemaba Amachree.
#NULGE #Kwanee
Lloyd made the assertion in Port Harcourt after the assembly took its position on the ongoing constitution amendment.
He noted that the Rivers assembly was against local government autonomy because if granted, some of the chairmen would use political powers arbitrarily against others.
The leader stated that the legislative arms of some of the local governments could not pass bills to better the lives of their people.
He said that in the present circumstance, the councils seemed autonomous because they already had legislative arms that made bylaw for the people.
"They should not talk about local government autonomy because already they are autonomous,’’ he added.
In a related development, the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in the state has urged the state assembly to support local government autonomy.
The Deputy Chairman of the body, Mr Magidi Dickson, who led its members to the assembly, called on the legislators to support the autonomy as recommended in the constitutional amendment.
The Deputy Speaker of the assembly, Mr Leyii Kwanee, who addressed the gathering, assured them that he would convey their message to the Speaker of the assembly, Mr Otelemaba Amachree.
#NULGE #Kwanee
