ZUBAIR OPEYEMI argues the need for an independent body to conduct local government elections across the country
If Nigeria hopes for pervasive and diffusive grassroots development where policies and programmes of government as well as dividends of democracy will reach everyone, the local government system has to be in order.
The present system whereby the governor of each state is a pseudo-local government chairman which they run by proxy is not only condemnable but reprehensive. At the Accountability Group, we believe the best gift to Nigerians by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration is to restore the dignity of the third tier of government and makes it workable.