Vote out any candidate or party against LG autonomy — Senator Owie
AHEAD of the 2015 general elections, a former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, has urged Nigerians to vote out any governorship candidate or political party that campaigns against autonomy for local governments.
Owie, who stated this at the third annual award ceremony of the Association of Community Newspaper Publishers of Nigeria (ACNPN), commended the National Assembly for granting autonomy to local governments in the on-going constitution amendment, saying “those against LGA autonomy are greedy and anti-people”.
The Edo PDP chieftain, represented by Dr Alex Orukpe at the occasion, noted that autonomy for local governments will not only accelerate development at the grassroots but also provide employment opportunities “just like the states and federal that have a full budget”.
He went on: “In the USA for instance, you have mayors, state governors, state Senate as well as the congress and the presidency. So it is not a new thing if we are sincere about practicing true federalism. Autonomy for local governments is overdue in this country and it will be unfair to deprive the leaders of that level the opportunity to use their God-given initiative for the benefit of their people”.
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