Also adopted by the committee is the amendment that “any person who has been sworn-in as President to complete the term of a person elected as President shall not be eligible to contest for election into such office for more than one single term.” The over 50 members committee at a meeting chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Yussuff Lasun Monday also approved the cancellation of the State and Local Government Joint Account from the 1999 Constitution. Each Local Government Council according to the proposed amendment is empowered to maintain its own account into which shall be paid its allocation form the Federation Account and from the State Government. That the disbursement from the account can only be upon a Bye-Law of the Local Government Council was also supported by members of the ad hoc committee. A statement from the office of the Deputy Speaker further explains: “This is aimed at granting financial autonomy to the local government councils and strengthen separation of power at that level.” Also endorsed by the committee was “the bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the 1999 constitution to provide for independent candidacy to contest elections at all levels in the country.” The lawmakers also endorsed proposal for financial autonomy for State Houses of Assembly and Judiciary directly from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) of the State, and for related matters. Members of the Adhoc Committee endorsed the letters of the bill for an Act to alter the provision of the 1999 Constitution to strengthen Local Government administration in Nigeria. According to the lawmakers development at the rural areas across the Local Government Areas across the country requires financial independence in order to stimulate infrastructural development at the grassroots level.]]>

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