By Simon Ebegbulem, Benin-City
A former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, yesterday, described the vote against local government autonomy by 23 state assemblies as a bad omen for the nation’s democracy.
He urged Nigerians to mobilize against the lawmakers who voted against the autonomy and ensure they are voted out in the 2015 general elections.
Owie, who expressed surprise at the vote while speaking to Sunday Vanguard in Benin City, said, “It is shocking that 23 state assemblies voted against LGA autonomy duly passed by the National Assembly. I call on the electorate all over the country to vote all the members of the respective state assemblies who voted against the LGA autonomy and are seeking re-election to any legislative position.
“Their action is anti-democracy. Giving autonomy will not only create more employment opportunity in the grass root but will accelerate development because the LGA executives will now embark on projects of their own, they will create jobs and not always wait for the state government to tell them how to use their money or give whatever they like to them.
“Infact LGA executives ought to make decisions at the local level like governors and that is the beauty of democracy. But with what they have done now by voting against LGA autonomy, they have killed the hopes of the ordinary man. This generation and generations yet unborn should note them as those against development of the grassroots. I pray the Almighty God to bless those legislators that voted for LGA autonomy and grant them peace of mind in Jesus name. Amen”.
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