Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has praised the judgement of the Supreme Court on local government autonomy, declaring that “history has been made.”
Speaking to State House correspondents after meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, the Speaker highlighted the significance of the apex court’s ruling after legislative efforts in the past to make local government autonomous.
Abbas expressed optimism about the future of local governments after the judgement, saying “the members have been very happy because history has been made; this is an issue that has been before the parliament for the past 20 years.
“All the constitutional amendments that were so far carried by the National Assembly, one aspect of it has always been local government autonomy, how do we make the LG to work independently.
“Today that impossibility became a reality. Everyone is happy and we are looking forward to local government that will work functionally, and that will be able to work on their own and extend goodwill to their own people undisturbed by the excesses by the state governors,” he said.
