Senator Ike Ekweremadu has moved against state Local Government Areas getting allocations without an elected chairman.
The Deputy Senate President and chairman of the Senate committee on Constitution amendment made this known on Thursday, December 8, 2016.
He said this while presenting the status report of the committee to the Senate saying the release of federal allocation to local governments in the country be hinged on the conduct of elections.
Ekweremadu further said Section 7 of the Constitution was amended to strengthen local government administration by providing uniform 3-year tenure for elected local government council officials.
“Local governments without a democratically elected council shall not be entitled to any revenue from the Federation Account. These amendments amongst others we believe will ensure effective service delivery and insulate local governments from undue and counter-productive interferences from state governments,” he said.
