Former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, has suggested the scrapping of local governments across the country, saying they are Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) for some governors.
Garba, who is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said this in a post on his X handle.
He said it is impossible to implement local government autonomy in the country, despite the ruling by the Supreme Court.
“One of the most inefficient, ineffective back pocket of some state governors is the local government councils,” he wrote.
“Local governments takes their legislation from the state assemblies and you know what that means. Autonomy or not, the LGs are still ATMs of some state governors.
“In reality, there is no any country on earth that has third tier of government except Nigeria.
“Since it proved to be non-workable, why not scrap it?”
Garba also suggested that the powers of the local governments should be transferred to traditional rulers
He added: “Instead of struggling to get constitutional authority to our traditional rulers, they should be handed over the local government councils and let them run it according to the local culture and tradition of the people within their domain.”
