By Peter Amine
Former Deputy Governor of Plateau, Chief Jethro Akun, has said that granting financial autonomy to local government councils will propel rapid development at the grassroots level.
Akun, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Sunday, commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly (NASS) for the decision to grant financial autonomy to the local governments.
He said: “If local governments are allowed to operate freely, it will bring more development to the country.
“If you look at the past, local governments used to build single culverts and roads.
“Even today, there were some projects executed by local governments that are still functioning.”
Akun, who led Plateau, including the present Nasarawa state, delegation to the 1994/95 Constitutional Conference, said the conference recommended financial autonomy for local governments.
“We…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
