LG allocations: Ondo says resolution not applicable

LG allocations: Ondo says resolution not applicable

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Written by Yinka Oladoyinbo and Stephen Gbadamosi Thursday, 04 November 2010

The Ondo State government, on Wednesday, said the resolution by the House of Representatives on the withdrawal of allocations to some states was not applicable to it.
It also added that the resolution must have been made by the House without due regard for the realities in the respective states.
A statement by the Commissioner for Information, Mr Ranti Akerele, said the issue of local governments on which the House resolution was premised had since been decided upon by a competent court of law with respect to Ondo State.
He said it would only be an academic exercise, if not a subtle attempt to ride roughshod on the rule of law, for the House of Representatives to have decided on that in respect of Ondo State .
Meanwhile, the Goodluck/Sambo Presidential Campaign Council, South-West caucus, has described the House of Representatives decision on the dissolution of local governments in Ekiti State by Governor Kayode Fayemi as a right step in the right direction, saying; “the National Assembly must save the third tier of government from the claws of desperate state governors.”