Seyi Makinde
A video has emerged showing a moment during the buildup to the 2023 general election in Nigeria where the Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde publicly claimed that he does not believe Local Government administration is a tier of government.
In the viral video, Governor Makinde was heard saying he did not sign for the local government's autonomy because there is nowhere in the world where local government is recognized as a tier of government across the world.
"I refused to sign for Local Government autonomy... Anywhere in the world, you don't have three people federating. You have two. You have the state and the federal," Governor Seyi Makinde stated during the governorship debate organized for the major governorship candidates ahead of the 2023 governorship election in Oyo State.
At the scene of the same debate, Bayo Adelabu, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Senator Teslim Folarin, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) made a case for the independence of the local government administration, alleging that Oyo State Government under the leadership of Seyi Makinde had suffocated the local government administration in the state.
Governor Makinde won his reelection with a wide margin under the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) although this is after entering into a political trade by barter deal with the dominating faction of the main opposition party in the state, APC.
Recently, the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu through the office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, won a case at the Supreme Court of Nigeria where local government autonomy was entrenched as an independent tier of government.
The Supreme Court judgment flagged off decades-long hijacking of local government administration by the state governors in Nigeria.
Governor Makinde had since expressed uncertainty at the judgement claiming it was a distraction.
Even though the Round Table understands the Supreme Court judgment was a victory for democracy, it was further stressed in an opinion that the Federal Government of Nigeria needs to take bold action towards resolving an identified Challenges After Supreme Court Judgment On Local Government Autonomy in Nigeria if truly it wants to completely remove the influence of the state governors from local government administration.
Watch Seyi Makinde's Video where he said he doesn't believe in local government administration as a tier of government.
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Published 7/20/2024 3:47:38 PM