23rd August, 2024
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Dr Musa Aliyu, has vowed that the commission will deal with officials that flout the Supreme Court judgement on local government autonomy.
The Supreme Court had on July 11 in a judgement ordered that the local governments in Nigeria be financially autonomous.
A statement on Friday by the ICPC’s spokesperson, Demola Bakare, quoted Aliyu insisting on the financial independence of the local governments.
Aliyu who was speaking at the 6th Annual General Assembly of the Network of Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa. said, “What we have been focusing on is ensuring that critical stakeholders in this country are held accountable and working to reduce corruption. Next month, in September, we will hold a summit with these stakeholders to discuss collaborative efforts.
“As I have stated before, local governments must be politically independent, and any state-level official who violates this Supreme Court decision will be held accountable for gross misconduct and abuse of office.
“The ICPC is prepared to take action against anyone who goes against the Supreme Court’s decision on local government autonomy”.
