LGs Should Be Scrapped, Govs Using Councils As ATMs – Adamu Garba
Former presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamu Garba, has called for the scrapping of Local Governments in the country.
Garba also suggested that the powers of the local governments should be transferred to traditional rulers.
He described the local governments as Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, of state governors in Nigeria.
According to Garba, local governments have now become “paper-only, money-sharing third tier of government”.
In a statement he posted on his X page, Garba said it’s practically impossible to implement the Supreme Court’s ruling on local government autonomy.
He said: “One of the most inefficient, ineffective back pocket of some state governors is the local government councils.
“Local governments take their legislation from the state assemblies, and you know what that means. Autonomy or not, the LGs are still ATMs of some state governors.
“In reality, there is no country on earth that has a third tier of government except Nigeria.
“Since it proved to be non-workable, why not scrap it?”
He added: “Instead of struggling to get constitutional authority to our traditional rulers, they should be handed over the local government councils and let them run it according to the local culture and tradition of the people within their domain.
Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.
