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uman rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), yesterday, said state governors have the right to ignore Executive Order 10 in their implementation of judicial and legislative autonomy in their states.
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) had on Tuesday faulted the Executive Order 10, President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law last year for the implementation of the autonomy of state legislature and judiciary.
The NGF, through the Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, however, said they were not opposed to financial autonomy for the judiciary and the legislature.
Falana said: “the governors have the right to discountenance Executive Order 10 and proceed to comply with the provisions of the constitution. They don’t need the order,” he said.
Bluebird aviation continues with Cargo flights after KCAA, presidential order
Bluebird aviation company will continue with its cargo flights normally in respect to the Presidential Executive Order No. 2 Dated 26th March 2021 and notice issued by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority-KCAA on 29th March 2021.
The company therefore will be doing their normal flights and hereby welcomes all for cargo bookings.
“We therefore, welcome all cargo bookings from international clients including dispatch of Vaccines to various parts of the East African region and beyond.”, read part of the press release
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Bluebird aviation is leading the integral role in fighting the pandemic by accommodating the extra cargo capacity brought by demand for COVID-19 Vaccines in order to aid humanitarian-based services.
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It needs to be recalled that the advocacy by PASAN for fiscal autonomy for the legislature remains a cardinal provision of the constitution which upholds the principle of separation of powers among the three arms of government. This relief had been secured by the National Assembly earlier, while the state assemblies are yet to enjoy same, courtesy of their respective governors acting in blatant breach of the constitution. The situation became so thorny that in May 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari signed Executive Order 10, which granted fiscal autonomy for state legislatures and the judiciary across the 36 states of the federation. To ensure the implementation of the provision, the president mandated the Accountant General of the Federation to deduct at source and direct appropriately, the amounts due to states that fail to grant autonomy to the legislatures and judiciary.