A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 cap C24 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 to Remove Local Government as a Tier of Government Constitutionally Recognized and Funded by the Federal Government and to Vest Their Creation, Funding in the State Governments and for Related Matters

Abstract

This Bill seeks to remove Local Government as a tier of Government in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and vest their creation, powers, and funding exclusively in the State Houses of Assembly in accordance with the principle and practice of true federalism in a culturally diverse and territorially extensive country like Nigeria.