Hails Tinubu for landmark history
CHAIRMAN, Senate Services Committee, Senator Sunday Karimi, APC, Kogi West has disclosed that the National Assembly would soon work on the transfer of the responsibility of the conduct of elections to the local councils from the various state electoral bodies to the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC.
Speaking with Journalists in Abuja yesterday on the landmark judgment on financial autonomy for local government areas pronounced by the Supreme Court on Thursday, Senator Karimi who noted that President Bola Tinubu deserves commendation on the judgement, urged Nigerians to keep faith that the National Assembly would ensure compliance by the various state governments while also taking up the responsibility of amending the constitution to address inherent contentious issues.
The Senator who noted that the President deserves to be honoured in the nations Hall of Fame for enabling the judiciary free hand to function, which culminated in such historic adjudication, said, I thank Mr President for mustering the courage to do the right thing. Since 1999, the third tier of government literally speaking, has been nonexistent. State governments treated them as appendages of the state governments. No President, has been able to change that. But, within one year, however, President Tinubu has returned the local government to the owners-the masses.
