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Additional Reports by Our Correspondents At least 15 governors are in breach of Section 7 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as
A civil society organisation, the Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD) has lambasted the Kwara State House of Assembly for pushing the state local government election to 2025. In a press statement made available to SaharaReporters on Saturday signed by Alagbonsi Abdullateef, the Group Coordinator, the group said the state lawmakers took the decision to please the interest of the State Governor.
The Kwara State Government is preparing for the first local government elections in the state since 2019. The previous council chairmen elected on the
The Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENETSUD) has accused Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of disregarding a court order nullifying the appointment of Transition Implementation Committees (TICs) as Local Government chairmen in Kwara State. The group also accused the governor of running the state like a tyrant. Governor AbdulRazaq in March 2020 inaugurated TIC to oversee the affairs of the 16 LGAs in the state, an action that was met with a series of backlash and legal action.
The bid to actualise local government autonomy in Nigeria does not seem to unfold into a reality any time soon, as 313 out of the 774 local councils are still