Nigeria: Constitution Amendment - Fashola Tasks Nass on Local Govt Creation

26 March 2010

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) Friday tasked the National Assembly to restore the powers of state governments to create local government councils in the country as part of the current constitution amendment exercise.

Fashola who made the proposal in form of a question spoke at a public lecture organized by the Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) to mark the 60th birthday of its Chairman Mr Wale Oshun.

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