Bakassi Monarch Make Case for Local Government Autonomy

By Nelson Utip

His Royal Majesty Etinyin Edet , The Chairman of Cross River State Traditional Rulers Council and Paramount Ruler of Bakassi Local Council, has called on all tiers to revisit the issue of Local Government autonomy, he sees the Local Government as a breeding ground for future politicians, calling for it’s autonomy to reduce insecurity in the country.

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The mornarch stated this while filing questions from Newsmen in Calabar, he elucidated some salient political and traditional issues around the autonomy of the third tier of government and insecurity.

Etinyin Edet said that in deviance to the provision of the 1999 Constitution which specifically recognizes the Local Council system which strengthens government and administration at the grassroots, the political class is yet to reach a consensus on the status of local councils across the country, observing that the local council is the closest to rural people and that the only way to ensure that people enjoy the benefits of democracy is to grant autonomy to the local council.