The Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Lasun Yusuff on Sunday faulted the position of the Governor of Osun State, Mr Rauf Aregbesola on Local Government autonomy.
The two leaders have been in a disagreement over the independence of the govt at the grass root.
While Aregbesola have come up to condemn and reject the idea of making local governments in Nigeria autonomous, Yusuf said the only panacea to development is to ensure the self-sufficiency of the LGs.
He said, “Democracy is incomplete and inchoate if local government administration is tied to the apron string of the state, and remain subservient.
“My position is clear on the local government autonomy, and that is what I have displayed as the Co-chairman of the constitution amendment committee of the National Assembly, where autonomy for local governments was unanimously passed.
“I am of the opinion that there is no local government in Nigeria, the way state governors are running that third tier of government.”
But the state’s Chief Executive, on the contrary, described those calling for local government autonomy as confusionists with divisive tendencies.
