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LG Autonomy: Comply fully with S-Court judgement- Senate tells State govts , LGAs, others …vows to amend the Constitution for full implementation

Disturbed by attempts by some state governments to circumvent Supreme Court’s judgement on Local governments Autonomy,Senate on Wednesday expressed its full alignment with Apex Court’s Judgement of August 11, 2024 which granted financial autonomy to 774 Local Government Councils across the country.
This is as it urged all the three tiers of government, to fully comply with the judgement .
It also resolved to, in collaboration with the House of Representatives to amend some provisions of the 1999 constitution .
The Upper chamber’s resolutions followed motions separately sponsored to these effects by the Deputy President of the Senate , Senator Barau Jibrin which were separately seconded by Senator Abdul Ningi and Senator Tahir Monguno .
But Senate resolutions came two hours after it earlier ran into troubled waters on enforceability of the Supreme Court Judgement at the State and Local Government levels .
Senator Tony Nwoye ( LP Anambra North), had at the commencement of plenary, rose through orders 41 and 51 of the Senate Standing rules , to move motion on alleged move by some state governments to circumvent implementation of the judgement through counter laws from their respective state House of Assembly .
Nwoye before Senate ran into confusion over the matter informed the Senate that nine other Senators were co – sponsored of the motion .
He specifically alleged that some State Governors are already using their House of Assembly to enact laws that would mandate respective local government councils in their states to remit monies into State / Local Government Joint Account ruled against by the Supreme court .
But immediately after finishing with his presentation containing six prayers for enforcement of the judgement and seconded by Senator Osita Izunaso ( APC Imo West ), Senator Adamu Aliero ( PDP Kebbi Central) , raised a constitutional point of order for stoppage of debate on the motion .
Adamu Aliero cited section 287 of the 1999 Constitution that makes Supreme Court Judgement enforceable across the country , to urge the Senate not to over-flogged the issue .
” Supreme court judgement is enforceable across the country . There is no need for us to be debating anything that has to do with it here “, he said .
In aligning with Senator Aliero , the President of the Senate , Senator Godswill Akpabio threw spanner at the motion , by drawing the attention of Senators to section 162 sub section 6 of the 1999 constitution.
The section according to Akpabio , created the State / Local Government Joint Account , which has to be amended in paving way for full implementation of the Supreme Court Judgement.
” I think what we need to do is to carry out required amendments of certain provisions of the constitution as far as local governments’ autonomy is concerned”, he said .
But before taking final decision on the motion , the sponsor , Senator Nwoye hurriedly raised order 42 of the Senate Standing rules for personal explanation on the motion the same time , Senator Abdulrahman Summaila Kawu ( NNPP Kano South ) raised similar point of order .
The simultaneous points of Order , brought confusion into the session with many senators rushing to the Senate President for personal consultation, which eventually, made the Senate to go into emergency closed door session at exactly 12: 46pm
Resolutions taken at the emergency session which lasted close to two hours , were the two separate motions moved by the Deputy President of the Senate and adopted by the Senate.
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Construction Company debunks roof leakage in NASS . .says report driven by ‘bad belle’

By George Mgbeleke
The Managing Director of Laralek Ultimate Construction Company , Olalekan Adebiyi has debunked media reports on purported roof leakage at the white house segment of the National Assembly on Friday during storming downpour .
An online platform had in the early hours of Saturday , reported that the violently storming rain that fell on Friday , made mince meat of renovation work carried out by one of the subsidiaries of Laralek (Visible Construction Company ) on roofs and other areas of the National Assembly complex from 2022 to 2024.
The online medium in the report alleged that some staff of the National Assembly lamented that if the N38billion renovation work was given to Julius Berger , there wouldn’t have been problem of roof leakage again during rain fall , positing that the Federal Capital Development Authority( FCDA) that awarded the contract to Visible Construction Company , compromised .
But hours after the publication , the Managing Director of Laralek Ultimate Construction Company , Olalekan Adebiyi in a telephone conversation with journalists covering the National Assembly said the report was fake as investigation carried out by them through their subsidiary company used to execute the contract ( Visible Construction),, revealed that there was no leakage from the roof at the White House segment of the National Assembly
According to him, Amothene , imported from United States of America ( USA) and applied to the points of leakages on the roof , is water tight and can never leak .
” The report to us , is unfounded and simply put , bad belle because if it was Julius Berger that carried out the renovation work , no such fake report , will be written against it .
” I wonder why some Nigerians always like to be enemies of their fellow country men for no good reason whatsoever .
“We checked and found out that it was an ingress of water that came through the Smaller windows at the upper part of the Chamber Building that flooded the floor and not roof leakage .
” The said story or report , has no single picture of points of leakages from the roof which to us , is very unprofessional and unethical .
“The report is fake as there was no leakage from any point on the roof. We did a good job and stand by it and shall surely be vindicated as more and more rains will still fall in the coming weeks and months “, he said .
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Imbibe the culture of humility, love, sacrifice Says, Apostle Godfrey Omodubor – as BMNA honours him

By David Owei, Baylesa
Pastors have been advised to imbibed the culture of humility, love and sacrifice towards their members and the society in general.
This was handed down on Sunday by Apostle Godfrey Omodubor at the Faith Gospel Revival Deliverance Ministries Worldwide in Eteqwe, Yenagoa the bayelsa state capital during an award ceremony in his honour.
The award which was bestowed on him by the organizers of the most prestigious award, the Bayelsa Media Network Award (B.M.N.A) as the “Prophet of the Year 2025″ due to his outstanding love and care for the people.
Prophet Godfrey Omodubor said, he was honoured by the award and it is a call to do more for the society.
” I was not expecting it neither did I solicited for it, but as it please God to honour me this way, I must say am very happy and God will empower me to do more”.
” If God called you, he will back you up and give you all that you needed to succeed. It only required patience, endurance and hard work. God is not a magician neither is God a debtor, he paid everyone at the right time and in due season”.
He thanked the organizers for deeming it fit to recognize his little contributions to the society.
Presenting the award, the Project Manager, Bayelsa Media Network Award Mr. Blessing Ozegbe said, the award was as a result of Apostle Godfrey Omodubor contributions to the development of society in general.
The Project Manager described the man of God as a faithful and hardworking man, saying despite being a spiritual Father he still reachout to people within and outside his domain.
“We have been observing him from far and from investigation and testimonies of people around, his is truly a man of God full of humility and respect for both young and old alike. His character is worth emulating and I pray that other men of God will learn from him.
“This is an award that is not commonly given and because we couldn’t find a worthy person last year, this category was suspended and by the grace of God this year, we discovered this man of humility, full of love and sacrifice to be given the award “.
He encourage the man of God not relent in doing good to people and to see his calling as a genuine call from God.
The award ceremony was witnessed by his large congregation and visitors which also happened to be his birthday.
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