Honourable Abdullahi Bello, a former Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, also held forte as the acting governor of the state in 2012. In this interview by KUNLE ODEREMI, he recalls how some lawmakers bungled efforts to free state Houses of Assembly from the stranglehold of governors, issues in the debate over financial autonomy granted local government by the Supreme Court, among others. Excerpts:
Reactions to the Supreme Court judgement granting financial autonomy to Local Government seems to be a story of different strokes to different folks. As a former acting governor and Speaker of a state House of Assembly, what are your thoughts on the judgment and the fallouts?
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Source: Nigerian Tribune
