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"I've my reservations about the Supreme Court judgment. I think for the judgment to be effective, we need a constitutional amendment.
Is the Local Government a federating unit? We are going to operate true federalism. The Local Government should be guided by the laws, not by the Federal Government because it is the creation of the state. The Constitution talks about the responsibilities of the federal and state governments. It does not talk about the responsibilities of the Local Government.
We are not saying that there should be no Local Government, of course, there will be Local Government but it will be guided by the state. The problem they are trying to avoid is to give full autonomy to the states. We also know that the Federal Government is not even more responsible than the states. Don’t think you are better than the other one.
Whatever you want to achieve, amend the constitution appropriately to suit it. If you want Local Government autonomy and at the same time you say the governor is the Chief Executive and in charge of the security of the state, there cannot be that kind of autonomy. They have to be responsible to the superior organ and that organ is the state House of Assembly”
Whatever the government is set to achieve it must be tidied.
Well, that is the Supreme Court. Is like the Supreme Court of the United States that gave absolute immunity to Donald Trump about whatever he did while in office. So if he killed someone while in office what happens?
When the then President Olusegun Obasanjo withheld the resources of Lagos state, it was based on this because Bola Tinubu then the Lagos state Governor had created several development areas not recognized by the constitution.
He (Tinubu) went to court. But he is doing the same thing now. The constitution even said that the Local Government elections are carried out by the state electoral commission. In other words, the Local Government is still within the purview of the state. Those conflicts have to be dealt with”

DONAL DUKE
FORMER GOVERNOR OF CROSS RIVER STATE

“The developmental strive of Gov Sim has brought a new dimension to the political landscape in Rivers State.” - CTC Chairman, Dr Daniel Orji.

“The Local Government is the closest to the people.
As a local government chairman, you must be available and accessible so your people can reach you, as the only way you can help them is to create an opportunity where atleast the dividend of democracy will also touch them.” - CTC Chairman, Dr. Darlington Orji.