Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has accused governors of using local government funds instead of making money available to the councils.
His accusation was due to the failure of governors to conduct council elections.
Dogara said it must be treated as gross violation of the Constitution, and that they must bear the consequences.
The Speaker accused governors of violating the 1999 Constitution by undermining local councils’ independence.
He described the state/local government joint accounts as “evil”, adding that governors have emasculated councils and turned them into cash cows.
According to him, it is unfortunate that most governors have “pocketed” Houses of Assembly, making them toothless, hence their inability to impeach governors who violate the constitution.
To Dogara, failure to conduct council elections amounts to “serious violation of the provisions of the constitution”, which he said was “one of the biggest grounds for impeachment”.
He said: “As a matter of fact, joint account is one of the biggest evils because it gives the authority to local government ministries in the state.
“In most states, especially in the north where we don’t have oil and co, the ministry of local government in the state is regarded as the ministry of petroleum resources
So we all know when funds are allocated to the councils. Instead of getting to the councils, they are hijacked at that (state) level and appropriated according to the whims of the powers that be.
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