*Photo: President Bola Tinubu*
Chairman Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority, Alhaji Sanusi Baban Takko (Barayan Bauchi) has hailed President Ahmed Bola Tinubu on his moves towards local governments accelerated development across the country.
He said in a press statement that “The recent Supreme Court’s historic ruling in favour of local governments autonomy, through the instrumentality of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, is a clear manifestation of his commitment towards fast-tracking quick and accelerated development at the grassroot level across the Nation.
“His pedigree and antecedents at the grassroot level as the then Lagos State Governor speaks volumes for themselves. His legendary feats at that level over two (2) decades ago are enduring legacies, posterity and succeeding generations of leaders and general populace still remembered him as it takes courage and political will to implement such a sensitive and vital policy during his trying moments as governor of Lagos State!
“In this regards, all the nation’s thirty six (36) State Governors should as a matter of urgency comply with the Supreme Court’s judgement on full autonomy at the grassroot level, for even distributions of resources aimed at the common good of all, thereby filling the wide gaps in service delivery and the people in the rural communities who has been suffering for several decades due to the apparent failure of the local government system to meet up with their constitutional mandate. Prioritising the development of Nigeria is a topmost priority that doesn’t even requires any arguments in the first place.”
He added that “With this new trend of releasing funds directly to the local governments across the country, President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, GCFR, has written his name in gold, and indeed, his name will continue to remain in the annals of history and letters of life in which historians will considered as non-perishable till the ends of time.”