Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, has strongly criticized Nigeria's 36 state governors, claiming they "don't do anything" except collect monthly stipends from Abuja.
Speaking on Friday during Channels Television's Politics Today programme, the senior lawyer accused governors of neglecting their responsibilities to their states.
"The 774 local governments, the 36 state governors, don't do anything. All they do is go to Abuja and collect a stipend every month," Agbakoba stated.
Call for Political Devolution
Agbakoba advised President Bola Tinubu to devolve political authority to other tiers of government, suggesting this approach would better deliver the dividends of democracy to Nigerians.
"I want to see President Tinubu assign responsibility by devolving political authority to these other tiers of government so that development can come bottom up, not top down, and in that way, people will benefit from the dividends," he emphasized.
The legal luminary expressed his desire for the President's success, noting that 250 million Nigerians are hoping for good governance. He urged Tinubu to do more in providing Nigeria with "a sense of direction, a sense of development."
Agbakoba's comments come amid ongoing debates about Nigeria's federal structure and the effectiveness of the current governance system in delivering development at the grassroots level.
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