Felix Morka stated that as long as governors continue to “handpick” LG chairs, Nigeria’s LG administrations cannot be considered strong.
A spokesman for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for some electoral reforms to make the recent financial autonomy granted to local governments (LGs) by the Supreme Court effective.
Felix Morka stated that even if the third tier of government now has financial autonomy, governors in each state still “handpick” the chairman of their local governments, hence Nigeria cannot be claimed to have strong LG administrations.
“From what I gather, the Supreme Court made the correct decision in granting local governments access to cash intended for them. He stated, “I don’t think this matter should engage the kind of controversy that I am seeing,” on Tuesday’s Politics Today show on Channels Television.
“I concur that state governors and federal authorities should thoroughly review the whole framework governing local government election procedures.” governments has to be properly revisited by the state governors and federal authorities.
