Former President Olusegun Obasanjo told the National Union
of Local Government Employers on Wednesday that he lacks the power to grant
their demand – the restoration of the local government structure. Ibrahim
Khaleel led the leadership of the NULGE to Obasanjo’s Hilltop Mansion in
Abeokuta, Ogun state, to seek his
help in giving the local governments more
power and make them more effective.
But Obasanjo said his ‘crippled’ self can’t do much, can
only make noise, about their plight while he however, elected to blame state
governors for the state of local governments.
“There is no exception to this bastardisation and
encroachment by states. Even though both are supposed to be separate tiers of
government, with each having its roles and functions, that is not the case
anymore.”
“I wish I could help, but I am helpless. As it is, I can
only help you to shout and talk to the world. I do not have any executive or
legislative power. I am crippled.”
“But we shall continue to talk until those who are
reasonable among them change this attitude.”
“I begin to wonder if they (states) can allow what they are
doing to the local governments to be done to them.
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