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The Nigeria Senate have promised to amend the constitution in order to ensure the implementation of the Local Government Autonomy.
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio disclosed this on Thursday when he received defectors to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.
Represented by the Special Assistant to the Senate President on Media, Jackson Udom, in a statement said “I thank President Bola Tinubu, for looking for a way to bring the all needed autonomy to the local governments through the intervention of the Supreme Court.
The Senate, under my leadership, will tinker with the constitution to ensure that the judgment is fully implemented without any loopholes for manipulation by the practitioners,” Mr Akpabio said.
Speaking further, he said the Constitution Review Committee of the 10th Senate chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, pledged to conclude the exercise in 2026
It will be recalled that in July, a bill seeking to establish a Local Government Independent Electoral Commission passed its first reading at the Senate.
The bill seeks to establish a National Independent Local Government Electoral Commission (NILGEC) responsible for conducting elections to the office of the Local Government Chairman and Councillors, and any other matter thereof to do with local government as a third tier of government.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court affirmed the financial autonomy of Nigeria’s 774 local governments.
