Organised labour in Cross River, has urged the Cross River State House of Assembly to support the LG Autonomy bill seeking to give financial autonomy to local governments in the country.
The bill, which was recently passed by both chambers of the National Assembly, to become law, must receive endorsements by two thirds majority of members of the 36 state houses of assembly.
At a solidarity rally on Monday in Calabar, Mr Godwin Ayende, state president of Nigerian Union Local Government Employees (NULGE), said that local government autonomy would guarantee democracy at the grassroots.
“Local government autonomy will bring government closer to the people. It will guarantee provision of social services and enhance people’s participation in governance, ‘’ he said.
The NULGE president described the current joint account system as a burden on the local government…
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