Femi Babalola (Jogor) comment about Gov Seyi Makinde over LG Autonomy and education sector

Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has declared that his government will not allow the people of the state to suffer from the fallout of the Supreme Court judgment, which granted financial autonomy to local governments in the country.

The governor maintained that the judgment has created a constitutional lacuna that will throw up different challenges at the local government level, saying that though he is not opposed to transparency in the councils, the Supreme Court judgment “is not a silver bullet that will wash away” Nigeria’s problems.

Governor Makinde stated this on Monday, during an Advisory/Consultative Committee Meeting comprising stakeholders in the local government system, noting that he convened a meeting of all relevant stakeholders in the local government system so that they could outline the major challenges at the councils and develop solutions that will ensure a seamless implementation of the process in a way that will ensure Oyo State people do not suffer.

Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has declared that his government will not allow the people of the state to suffer from the fallout of the Supreme Court judgment, which granted financial autonomy to local governments in the country.

Consequently some political parties such as The African Action Congress, AAC, in Oyo state has called for the resignation of Governor Seyi Makinde over his reactions to the judgement of the Supreme Court on the financial autonomy for local government in the country.

AAC said the Governor’s worry about local government financial autonomy shows his administration lacks transparency.