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Reps okay council autonomy
Reps okay council autonomy
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
The House of Representatives has voted in favour of local government autonomy.
The lawmakers also voted overwhelmingly for the simplification of the process of state creation.
The result of the voting was announced by the Clerk of the House as directed by the Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal at 10.34pm.
As a result of the murmurs that accompanied the first result from some parts of the floor, the Speaker intervened by informing the lawmakers that the Clerk was not having the titles of the clauses in the result he was reading out.
The Speaker took it upon himself to read out the titles of the clauses before the Clerk announced the result.
Out of the 339 lawmakers that voted for council’s autonomy, 293 voted yes, 39 voted no and seven abstained. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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The House of Reps have actually demonstrated that they are true representative of the Grass root. I commend the house of reps under the leadership of the honourable speaker-Aminu Waziri Tambuwal for a job well done... The upper house should therefore take precedence from the house of reps and wake up to their responsibilities by listening to the candid opinion given to them by their mandates. In submission, I lay that, this development is a welcomed one and if harmonised will bring about true democracy to the Grass root.
ReplyDeleteThank you and God bless.