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  • Legislature Least Recognized, Developed Arm Of Government-Tambuwal

    Legislature Least Recognized, Developed Arm Of Government-Tambuwal

    By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto
    Despite its recognition by the Nigerian Constitution as the first arm of government in the triad arrangement, the legislative arm has been the least recognized and developed over the years.
    According to the special adviser on media and publicity to the governor,Muhammad Bello, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal made the observation Thursday when he received the leadership of the Nigerian Youths Parliament (NYP) who paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Sokoto.
    According to Tambuwal, the legislative arm of government is also the most misunderstood arm, adding that it is the only one that has been a casualty whenever the military takes over reigns of government.
    ”In any government, civilian or military you will find executive and judicial arm of government, but under the military regime, you don’t have parliament, that is why it is misunderstood and undeveloped out of the three arms of government in Nigeria,” he added.
    He commended the NYP and the United Nations (UN) for coming up with  the initiative to make the youths understand and appreciate the legislative business, its rudiments and workings.
    He appreciated the group’s effort to undertake oversight functions in the state, saying that it would help them in advancing their knowledge on the workings of governance as well as help them to know the duties of both the legislative  and executive arms of government.
    He advised them to use the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) as
    yardsticks to measure its performance. “You should use what the state government is getting from IGR and FAAC monthly as variables to asses its performance,” he added.
    The governor told the group that his administration has done a lot in the area of youths empowerment and appointed many youths into its government, assuring  that the state government is poised to do more.
    Earlier in his address, the Speaker of the NYP, Rt. Hon. Mubarak Mijinyawa said they were in the state for an oversight function and also to condole the governor over the demise of the former Minister of Youths Development, late Inuwa Abdulkadir.
    According to him, they had gone around and seen lots of developmental projects being executed by the government.
    He commended the governor for sponsoring many youths in the state to study within and outside the country as well as offering them empowerment programmes.
  • Lawyers laud Buhari for signing Executive Order on legislature, judiciary financial autonomy

    Lawyers laud Buhari for signing Executive Order on legislature, judiciary financial autonomy

    Human Rights Campaigner, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa,SAN, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari, for signing the Executive Order, granting financial autonomy to the Judiciary and Legislature.

    Adegboruwa lauded the new order, describing same as a step in the right direction and urged total compliance with all its provisions by states.

    The President Buhari, on Friday, signed into law, an Executive Order to grant financial autonomy to the legislature and judiciary for states.

    The Attorney-General of the Federation , Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, had in a statement in Abuja, said that the Executive Order No. 10 of 2020, made it mandatory for all states to include allocations of both the legislature and the judiciary in their Appropriation Laws.

    According to the AGF, a Presidential Implementation Committee was being constituted to fashion out strategies and modalities for the implementation of financial autonomy for state Legislature and Judiciary in compliance with section 121(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as Amended).

    Reacting to the new order, Adegboruwa told NAN in Lagos that the president’s bold initiative to grant financial autonomy to other tiers of government through the executive order to enforce the fourth Alteration of the constitution was highly commendable.

    “It takes courage and selflessness for the head of the executive to grant autonomy to other arms of government. For the judiciary, it is considered that most cases in the courts are to check the excesses of the executive arm, being the organ of government responsible for the implementation of policies,” he said.

    Adegboruwa, consequently, harped on a need to ensure full compliance with the rule of law through complete obedience to all orders and decisions of the courts.

    He also called for a directive to all government parastatals, to ensure compliance with all orders, judgments and decisions of courts.

    “I urge the President to grant total autonomy to the judiciary by signing another executive order to all parastatals, agencies and departments of government to implement section 287 of the 1999 Constitution by complying with all orders, judgments and decisions of the courts.

    “I urge state governors to cooperate with the president for the full implementation of this executive order in all parts of the federation,” he said

    Another Lagos based constitutional lawyer, Mr Spurgeon Ataene also lauded the executive order of the president and called for its sustenance.

    “I commend the executive arm for this giant stride which has long been awaited; while I support this step, I will urge fellow Nigerians to be more awake to their fiscal responsibilities in the area of acting as watchdogs to know how their resources are spent.

    ” Every allocation accruing directly from the federation account should be published alongside the expenditure.

    “There should be a committee set up and must include all stakeholders from the different constituencies to oversee how their money is spent, with appropriate sanctions meted on defaulters,” he said (NAN)