The Constitutionality of CGC and the Roles of Local Government Council in Economic Development (2)

Applying that rules of expressio unius exclusio  alterius, which when applied excluded all functions not specifically granted by the constitution, one is tempted to agree with the suggestion that the role of Local government Councils are limited to the functions enumerated in the 4th schedule . However, it is still within the province of the state to ensure under a law which provides for the establishment, structure, composition, finance and functions of such councils. This clause under section 7 of the constitution is the reason for my submission that the state can add to the functions of the local government councils and in that regard, provides the constitutionality of any other role or roles attached…

The Constitutionality Of CGC and The Roles Of Local Government Council in Economic Development (1)

The law is not an exact science. In this regard in certain circumstance we cannot by mathematical exactitude interpret all enactments of parliament. This is because words have intrinsic and varied connotations. They do not always convey what they mean or mean what they say. However the provisions of the 1999 constitution as amended are very clear in the 4th schedule, the role the legislature has mapped out for the 774 Local government Councils in Nigeria. Unfortunately, for reasons I have examined earlier on, in another article, in Law and Society, (see NULGE STRIKES: ARISING ISSUES OF CORRUPTION AND CONSTITUTIONALISM). the various governors in Nigeria are unwilling to liberate the institutions from vegetative hibernation and…

NULGE Strikes: Arising Issues Of Corruption And Constitutionalism

Recently, the National Union of Local Government Employees  (NULGE) representing the 774 Local government Areas in the country went on preemptive strike actions to protest the reluctance of the senate to agree to the constitutional amendment that will facilitate the end to the inconvenient marriage of local governments with their state governments Co joined by joint accounts in the receipt of federal allocations. The House of Representatives had earlier given the nod for the fiscal divorce but an obstinate and insensitive senate refused the amendment, perhaps for reasons that have not been made public. This development is coming in the heels of generalized outcry for fiscal autonomy for local governments in other to facilitate the…