The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that it was not shifting ground on total autonomy to be granted to the judiciary and local governments in the country.
NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said this during a protest at the venue of a meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) in Abuja on Friday.
According to him, the current status quo was hampering the development of the country, saying governors should grant autonomy to other tiers of government in line with the recent amendments to the 1999 constitution.
He said “We are aware that the Governors Forum will be meeting here.
We are aware that they are meeting to look at other issues. But we have three demands. Those demands are one, autonomy for the local governments. Two, autonomy for the judiciary. Three, autonomy for our State Houses of Assembly.
That’s the reason we are here. If it is not on their agenda, they must put it on their agenda. And it must pass through.
We are tired of going in cycles. The underdevelopment in Nigeria today can be traced to the fact that the local government system is not working.
