[BREAKING] Autonomy: Senate Moves To Establish Agency For LG Elections

The Senate has passed the first reading of a proposed Bill that aims to create a federal agency responsible for overseeing local government elections.

Naija News reports that the Bill, known as the “Local Government Independent Electoral Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2024,” was introduced by Senator Sani Musa, who serves as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance.

Earlier, the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, declared that the Federal Government is not superior to states in exercising each other’s constitutional roles.

Makinde made this known in Ibadan at an emergency consultative meeting with stakeholders on Monday to appraise last week’s Supreme Court judgement, which granted financial autonomy to the local government areas across the nation.

He maintained that the judgment had created a constitutional lacuna that would throw up different challenges at the local government level.

More details shortly…