The Nasarawa State Government has taken a step to restructure the local government system in the state to conform with the ruling of the Supreme Court granting financial autonomy to the third tier of government.
To achieve this, the state government forwarded an executive bill to the House of Assembly seeking to amend the local government law in the state.
Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly Danladi Jatau announced this during Monday’s sitting in Lafia after the House Leader Suleiman Azara read the title of the bill for the first reading which was seconded by the Minority Leader Luka Zhekaba.
Jatau said the executive bill seeks to amend the existing LG law in the state to conform with the Supreme Court judgement on the financial autonomy of the third tiers of government in the country.
The Speaker then slated Wednesday 16th October, 2024 for the second reading of the bill.
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It would be recalled that on the 11th of July, 2024, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment affirming the financial autonomy of Nigeria’s 774 local government councils, a judgement that is expected to refine the business of governance at the grassroots in the country.
In the aftermath of the apex court ruling, state governors have taken measures to review, restructure, and re-enact local government laws.
Perhaps, this explains why the Nasarawa State Government forwarded an Executive Bill in that wise to the State House of Assembly.
Addressing the Assembly press crew shortly after the day’s sitting, the Chairman House Committee on Information Jonah Ali Dizaho said the state government wants to restructure the local government laws and to enable it to conform with the issues of the moment and the reality on the ground which is the financial autonomy for LGAs in the State.
“The amendment of the LG law will among other things abolish the existing joint accounts as well as abolish the State Ministry For Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs,” he said.
