Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial district, Ifeanyi Ubah has condemned the refusal of past and current administrations of the state to conduct local government elections in the state in the last 18 years.
Ubah a Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) stated this during Wednesday’s plenary making his contributions to a motion sponsored by Senator Kawu, Suleiman Abdulrahman (Kano South) which called on President Bola Tinubu to revive the local government system.
Ubah lamented that Anambra State has not conducted local government elections in the last 18 years.
Profering solutions he asserted that the non-implementation of the 1999 framework has become a major impediment to the independence of the Nation’s third tier.
The Anambra Lawmaker called for full autonomy to be granted to the local governments in the country to curb insecurity, rural-urban migration, decaying infrastructure, and widespread unemployment.
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