Speakers from the 36 states of the federation, on Friday at the Conference of Speaker of State Legislature in Nigeria, in Yola, unanimously endorsed the acceptability of local government autonomy for grassroots development in the country.
The Chairman of the conference, Hon. Ismail Abdulmumini Kamba,who is also Speaker, Kebbi State Assembly, said public hearing on the autonomy would be conducted across the country for more inputs from citizens.
while reiterating the need for the National Assembly to hasten the transmission of the approved Bill on devolution of power to state assemblies for consideration, validation and adoption, he said far reaching decisions and inputs are expected at the end of the proposed public hearing.
He stated; “The state House of Assemblies are ready to push forward the idea of devolution of power in the country.
“We urged the National Assembly to hasten the transmission of the approved Bill to respective state assemblies for input and subsequent approval.”
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