NULGE Shuts Down Ondo Assembly : Vote Against LG Autonomy

NULGE Shuts Down Ondo Assembly : Vote Against LG Autonomy

Local government workers in Ondo State protested and shut down the state House of Assembly yesterday under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, over an alleged plan by lawmakers to vote against local government autonomy in the amended constitution.

Following the council workers’ protest, the Assembly adjourned its session in order to pass the 2023 Appropriation Bill into law.

The protesting workers have promised not to let assembly members into the complex unless they guarantee the passage of local government autonomy.

Members of the union carrying placards also threatened to halt social, economic, and political activities in the state if lawmakers do not pass the local government autonomy bill currently before them into law.

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The workers, led by Mr Bola Taiwo, claimed that pressure was put on members of the state Assembly to vote against local government autonomy in the new constitution.

Bola said: “16 states in the country have so far signed the local government autonomy bill into law and Ondo State should be one of the remaining states that would assent to the bill as passed by the National Assembly.”

Addressing the protesting workers on behalf of the leadership of the Assembly, the Deputy Minority leader, Tomide Akinribido denied the allegation that the Assembly was under pressure to reject the local government autonomy.

Addressing the protesting workers on behalf of the Assembly’s leadership, Deputy Minority Leader Tomide Akinribido denied that the Assembly was under pressure to reject local government autonomy.

He promised to deliver the protest letter to Assembly Speaker David Oleyeloogun.