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Nigeria- A non-governmental organization called The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), has accused Nigeria's 36 state governors of being insensitive to the sufferings of Nigerians, and want the masses to remain in abject poverty . Daily Independent says.
Lead Director of CSJ, Ezeh Onyekpere, speaking in Abuja on Constitutional Amendment: Focus on Local Government Autonomy and Rights to Health and Education says this is so especially because they have vowed to resist local government autonomy as proposed by the National Assembly.
“But the big challenge for local government autonomy is that we need at least 24 State Houses of Assembly voting in support of the National Assembly position for this to become part of the Constitution. However, the 36 state governors (whether of the Jonah Jang or the Rotimi Amaechi faction of the governor’s forum) are reported to have vowed to resist LGC autonomy through the State Houses of Assembly.
“This is a real threat considering that state governors are powerful men who virtually control proceedings in the State Houses of Assembly. Hardly is there a state where the governor did not influence the choice of the Speaker and Principal Officers of the Assembly. In the circumstances, the governors want more poverty for our people; more children out of school; more pregnant women dying during child birth; more Nigerians dying of water borne diseases, malaria, typhoid fever, etc,” he affirmed.
He pointed out that as the 2015 election year approaches, “there can be no better time to express the supremacy and sovereignty of the people than now. Also, there can be no better time for Nigerians to effectively participate in decision making processes that fundamentally affect their lives than now.”
#Nigeria #CSJ
Lead Director of CSJ, Ezeh Onyekpere, speaking in Abuja on Constitutional Amendment: Focus on Local Government Autonomy and Rights to Health and Education says this is so especially because they have vowed to resist local government autonomy as proposed by the National Assembly.
“But the big challenge for local government autonomy is that we need at least 24 State Houses of Assembly voting in support of the National Assembly position for this to become part of the Constitution. However, the 36 state governors (whether of the Jonah Jang or the Rotimi Amaechi faction of the governor’s forum) are reported to have vowed to resist LGC autonomy through the State Houses of Assembly.
“This is a real threat considering that state governors are powerful men who virtually control proceedings in the State Houses of Assembly. Hardly is there a state where the governor did not influence the choice of the Speaker and Principal Officers of the Assembly. In the circumstances, the governors want more poverty for our people; more children out of school; more pregnant women dying during child birth; more Nigerians dying of water borne diseases, malaria, typhoid fever, etc,” he affirmed.
He pointed out that as the 2015 election year approaches, “there can be no better time to express the supremacy and sovereignty of the people than now. Also, there can be no better time for Nigerians to effectively participate in decision making processes that fundamentally affect their lives than now.”
#Nigeria #CSJ
