The Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo may run into head-on collision with state’s House of Assembly over the 2024 budget.
It was gathered that there was no mention of Local Government election in the appropriation bill laid to the house on Tuesday by the governor; a development that may not go down well with the legislators.
Soludo had in his inaugural address to the people of the state on March 17,2021 promised to conduct LGA polls in the state within two years from the date of his swearing in.
Spotting the default, the Anambra State House of Assembly member representing Awka South Constituency 1, Hon Nigeria Mbachu decried the obvious omission of LGAs election in the budget.
Mbachu stated that going through the budget presented that it was glaring there were no intentions of conducting LGAs elections next year.
He said,” On page 475 of the budget the budget for Anambra State independent Electoral Commission for this current year was 89,120,000.00M while the projected estimate for the incoming year is129,120,000.00m.
“You find out that there’s no feasibility or readiness for Local Government Elections for the incoming year.
“I worry so much because this tier of government has suffered so much because of lack of Local Government Election.
“Local Government as the 3rd tier of government is the bedrock of governance. Leadership and political tutelage is heavily mounted on this tier of government and should be upheld thus.
“If this can be wishfully considered I’ll be glad. For now, the budget can go for 2nd reading,” he stated.
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