A chieftain of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo has declared that the recent Supreme Court judgement on local government autonomy will help to attract grassroots development across the country.
Oguntoyinbo said the judgement would also help to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy and enhance better livelihood of the masses across the country.
The NNPP chieftain said this in a statement made available to NewsNow on Wednesday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
He, however, called on Nigerians to watch out for the governors who may want to use the backyard way to muscle local governments.
“We should keep our eyes on the governors so that they will not go behind the scenes in controlling the finances of the local governments.
“Local governments chairmen should be bold to ensure their freedom from the governors having been protected by the law.
“I also commended the President Bola Tinubu administration for taking up the challenge to curtail the governors’ muscling of the local governments finances.
“The Attorney General’s bold decision has saved the country from the state governors excesses”
“I maintained for a long time that it was undemocratic for the state governments in the country to continue to erode the powers and functions of Local Government with the introduction of the caretaker administrative system.
“Its introduction in a full democratic setting is an aberration to the system of government the country is operating,” he stated.