Mr Francis Nwifuru, Speaker of Ebonyi House of Assembly, on Wednesday told members of Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE ) Ebonyi chapter, that the state government supports LG autonomy.
Nwifuru spoke in Abakaliki when NULGE members marched to the assembly complex to seek the lawmakers support for local government autonomy, already endorsed by the National Assembly.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that for the National Assembly endorsement to sail through, it must be endorsed by the houses of assemblies of two-thirds of the 36 states.
According to Nwifuru, besides the Assembly being in support of local government autonomy, Gov. Dave Umahi, is also highly in support of the autonomy.
According to the speaker, the governor endorsed the autonomy in a letter for constitutional amendments he sent to him as required by all State House of Assembly…
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