A former member of the House of Representatives, Sam Onuigbo, has called for the review of the revenue sharing formula to enhance good governance in the country.
Onuigbo, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, yesterday, in Abuja, said that many sections of the Constitution require amendments.He said the revenue sharing formula should ensure that the three tiers of government get enough resources to perform their constitutional duties.
Oniugbo stressed that without total autonomy for local councils, it would be difficult for them to have access to funds to perform optimally. The Transmission Company of Nigeria has kept mum over allegations of insider threats and collusions in the routine vandalisation of the country’s electricity transmission network, which has in two years cost N12.8 billion to fix.The sudden escape of Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, from custody of the National Security Adviser has been eliciting reactions, especially criticism of Nigeria’s security architecture.
Trade union veterans and the assembly of trade unionists, yesterday, demanded the removal of Labour Party National Chairman, Julius Abure; and the Nigeria Labour Congress President, Joe Ajaero.
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