LG Autonomy: We Are Going Back To A Unitary Form Of Government – Fayemi Knocks FG

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Naijanews July 26, 2024 8:43 p.m.

LG Autonomy: We Are Going Back To A Unitary Form Of Government – Fayemi Knocks FG

“The President (Bola Tinubu) is a federalist, he is a leader in my party, we share quite a lot in common, but I do not know any federal entity anywhere in the world where the federal government becomes the driver of what happens in the local government.

“With this latest strategy, I assure you, in the first instance, I don’t see how workable it is; it not going to work.” He said that if some governors had not done well in the administration of local governments, solutions should be proffered and tamper with what federalism entails.

Speaking on how the country could navigate out of its current socio-economic and security challenges, Fayemi said the Federal Government’s suit against state governors and the ruling in its favour was not the solution to the challenges at hand.

“It does not happen anywhere in the world and the Nigerian Constitution in Section 2 is very clear that Nigeria is a federation of the federal (central government) and the state..

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