Govs are major problem to good governance, says Bwala

A prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Daniel Bwala, has said governors are the main challenge to good governance in Nigeria.

While hailing the Supreme Court judgement on local government autonomy, the lawyer lampooned the governors for not being up and doing.

He alleged that the governors are not addressing hunger and unemployment despite the funds they’ve received from the President Bola Tinubu-led administration.

“Thank God for the Supreme Court verdict on local government autonomy to the effect that “it is unconstitutional for state governments to hold onto LG funds; henceforth FGN pay directly to LGAs,” Bwala wrote in a post on his X.

He added, “One victory down. The next is either a constitutional review or court verdict declaring that INEC to conduct LG elections, otherwise, governors might still use LG chairmen appointed by them to hold the monies in trust for them

“Governors are the problem of good governance, but many people don’t know. Do you know how much they have received since @officialABAT took office? Tell me what they are doing in their states to address hunger and unemployment?

“In my opinion, even media houses hardly stay long on this conversation because their major clients are state governments. This democracy requires all of us to move it forward ohh. There is God ohhhhh.”

The PUNCH reports that the apex court earlier on Thursday declared that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold funds allocated for local government administrations.

The seven-man panel, in the judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, declared that the 774 local government councils in the country should manage their funds themselves.

The apex court held that the power of the government is portioned into three arms of government, the federal, the state, and the local government.

The court further declared that a state government has no power to appoint a caretaker committee and a local government council is only recognisable with a democratically elected government.

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