LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY : OGD
Former Ogun State Governor and the Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun East, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has said there would be no form of development in rural communities if the local government is not allowed to operate as an independent tier of government.
Daniel is joining other Nigerians in the clamor for the autonomy of the local governments in Nigeria as a way to engender drastic development at the grassroots.
Daniel said this while on his campaign tour to Atan, the headquarters of Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The former governor pledged to push for the autonomy of local governments in Nigeria to enhance their capacity to deliver quality and effective governance at the grassroots
He said the people at the grassroots and the socio-economic fortunes of rural Nigerians would remain poor if the local governments are not allowed to enjoy financial autonomy and take steps to improve the lives of the people at the grassroots.
“Part of the problem we have in many states today is the issue of local government autonomy, and part of what we want to go and fight is that local government resources should be given to the local government.
”Without the local government being properly empowered and funded, nothing can happen, and that is what, I think, is critical that we are going to do” He said
