While many Nigerians, political elites, etc. hail the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has described it as a distraction from the more pressing issues facing the country.
A video surfaced on Saturday showing Makinde speaking on the need to address the underlying problems of productivity, hunger, and anger in Nigeria.
Makinde said: “So the judgment of the Supreme Court, there is local government autonomy, financial autonomy, and all of that, and I will still say it, I think it’s just a distraction. We must face the real issues that we have.
“The issue that we have is that we are not producing enough. We are not productive.
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In a landmark judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court ruled that the 774 local government councils in Nigeria have the constitutional right to manage their finances autonomously without interference from state governments.
