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The Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, has said the Supreme Court judgment of last week granting the 774 local governments in the country financial autonomy came after he implemented the Adamawa councils’ financial autonomy five years ago.
The governor, who spoke on Monday in Yola, during the swearing-in ceremony of the 21 council chairmen, also stressed that the financial autonomy granted to local governments has reduced the burden on the governors.
Fintiri stated, “With the Supreme Court judgment, the debate over financial autonomy for the local government councils is officially over. Even though, as a government, in Adamawa State, we are five years ahead of the judgment.
“We have conferred financial autonomy to the local government councils long before the Supreme Court made its recent pronouncement.
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“But one cannot deny the fact that the recent judgment has come with its own excitement. Webbed in this excitement is my profound, often-call for transparency and accountability,” he said.
The governor, while cautioning the newly sworn in chairmen, charged, “This isn’t a part-time job. As leaders of the closest tier of government to the people, your doors must be wide open, and your people must have access to you as much as possible and at all times.
“I must emphasis that the era of absenteeism at your respective local governments is over.
Muhammad Tukur
