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November 24, 2019
Speaker of the House of Representatives, FemiGbajabiamila, has called for the amendment of the constitution to ensure fullautonomy for local governments in the country.
Speaking during 12 Annual Conference ofthe Chartered Institute of Local Government and Public Administration ofNigeria in Abuja, he said autonomy for local governments was the only waypeople at the grassroots level could enjoy the benefits of government.
The conference had as its theme, “Local governmentautonomy as the bedrock of rural development.’
The Speaker, who was represented by the memberrepresenting Lagos Mainland Federal Constituency Lagos State, Jide Jimoh, said,he know for sure the issue of autonomy has to be taken from the constitutionitself.