The Federal Authorities has issued a stern warning to Native Authorities Space (LGA) chairmen, threatening jail phrases for these tampering with funds from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC).
The Lawyer Normal of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), gave the warning through the Seventeenth-anniversary lecture of the Human Rights Writers Affiliation of Nigeria (HURIWA) in Abuja on Thursday.
Fagbemi emphasised that LGA chairmen wouldn’t have immunity and can face imprisonment in the event that they misuse the funds designated for native improvement.
He acknowledged, “The native authorities council chairmen or councillors, they don’t have any immunity, so that they have to decide on between coping with the funds of the native authorities as they like and risking going to jail. The selection is theirs.”
He additional highlighted the significance of returning native actions corresponding to highway development to the native governments to enhance grassroots improvement and safety.
“In the event that they keep on the native authorities, we will scale back the extent of insecurity that now we have in Nigeria right this moment,” he added.
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The Minister additionally talked about that the federal authorities opted to make use of the Supreme Court docket to implement native authorities autonomy attributable to anticipated resistance from state assemblies.
He identified that any state meeting speaker supporting this trigger won’t survive their tenure or safe re-election.
For over twenty years, native authorities administration in Nigeria has been crippled by state governments failing to remit funds meant for native governments, Fagbemi famous.
He additionally urged safety brokers to chorus from detaining suspects past constitutionally allowed durations with out court docket orders, warning that violators would face acceptable sanctions.
HURIWA’s Nationwide Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko on the occasion urged the federal authorities to scale back the price of governance.
He attributed the nation’s insecurity and excessive unemployment charges to corruption, which he stated is fueling impending protests throughout the nation.
