Govs Are Major Problem To Good Governance – Bwala

A prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Daniel Bwala, has said governors are the main challenge to good governance in Nigeria.
While hailing the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy, the lawyer lampooned the governors for not being up and doing.
He alleged that the governors are not addressing hunger and unemployment despite the funds they have received from the President Bola Tinubu-led administration.
“Thank God for the Supreme Court verdict on local government autonomy to the effect that “it is unconstitutional for state governments to hold onto local government funds; henceforth, the Federal Government will pay directly to LGAs,” Bwala wrote in a post on his X.
He added, “One victory down. The next is either a constitutional review or court verdict declaring that INEC to conduct local government elections, otherwise, governors might still use council chairmen appointed by them to hold the monies in trust for them
“Governors are the problem of good governance, but many people don’t know. Do you know how much they have received since @officialABAT took office? Tell me what they are doing in their states to address hunger and unemployment?
“In my opinion, even media houses hardly stay long on this conversation because their major clients are state governments. This democracy requires all of us to move it forward ohh. There is God ohhhhh.”
TheTide’s source reports that the apex court earlier yesterday declared that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold funds allocated for local government administrations.
The seven-man panel, in the judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, declared that the 774 local government councils in the country should manage their funds themselves.