ANYBODY THAT IS AGAINST LG AUTONOMY SHOULD BE SEEN AS ANTI-PEOPLE---CSOs URGE PLATEAU PEOPLE (PRESS TEXT UNEDITED)

By: Valentine Adese (JP),

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) OPERATING IN Plateau State have urged citizens to see anybody, who does not support or is in opposition to Local Government Autonomy should be seen as anti people and enemies of the state that must perish with such ideas and dispositions.

The CSOs gave this charge in a press statement signed by Steve Alukodaniel, the Team Lead, which was made available to Media Houses yesterday in Jos, during a rally on Local Government Autonomy in the state.

The rally which took off at the Secretariat round about in Jos, ended at the State House of Assembly.

READ THE PRESS TEXT BELOW:-

STEVE ALUKODANIEL IN RED, WITH HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBERS

Press Release

The Path To A Prosperous Nigeria Is Local Government Autonomy

Plateau State Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) calls for immediate consideration of the Local Government Autonomy Bill 2022, by the Plateau State House of Assembly.

This call for the speedy passage is made against the past progressive rich history of past Plateau State House Assembly, from the first to the eight assembly that have not only promptly consider same, but ensured it passage against all odds by some not to do well meaning anti democratic forces either as individuals or as groups with ulterior motive.

This law when passed, will strengthen good governance at the local government level, promote accountability, transparency and open governance. It will also give majority of our rural populist a fair sense of ownership and responsibility.

It will promote healthy competitive development among the 774LGAs in Nigeria, and provide for the basic needs, for healthy living, arrest unguided urban drift and increasing urban slums.

It will guarantee veritable platforms for security of life and property of all including top politicians and civil servants that will eventually retire to a local government, after their services to the nation etc

Given all these advantages, this call made under a renewed vigor of a collective aspiration, to give better live to the third tiers of governance.

This sanctity is in the collective resolved of the Presidency,  the National Assembly, the erudite judgment of the Supreme Court, the Plateau State of Assembly, from the first to eighth and the people of Plateau State, have always at different times think and acted Plateau, given our peculiarities and challenges of under development votes for local government autonomy. Therefore, the Ninth cannot afford the luxury of wasting this rear opportunity to make or mere history, to write their names in gold by protecting the sanctity of their mandate.

They must resist all the temptation to will the future of majority of Plateau state rural populists to advantage of few selfish and self centered individuals or groups that, have feed fat on plunderous acts of unaccountable local government system in Plateau State and Nigeria.

Local Government Autonomy will definitely open a new phase in building its capacity and competence to act positively, as the best way to develop in this country is through a bottom-top approach to governance.

Any other way will be counterproductive.

If we all want a prosperous Nigeria, we need local intent and content like: “We must have decentralization and devolution of power in Morocco. Morocco is succeeding because, it has a proper bottom-top approach to governance.

Anybody, group, party and candidates that is opposed to Local Government Autonomy should be seen as anti people and enemies of the state that must perish with such ideas and dispositions.

Steve Alukodaniel

Team Lead

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