By James Itodo
Senate has urged the Federal Government to withhold statutory allocations to local government areas not democratically elected.
The resolution followed the adoption of a motion of “urgent need to halt the erosion of democracy: the dissolution of elected councils in Benue State” by Senator Abba Moro representing Benue South during plenary in Abuja.
Senator Moro in his motion expressed concern over the dissolution of democratically elected councils in Benue state, replacing them with caretaker committees.
He said placing caretaker committees to replace elected councils was alien to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
Senator Moro said that section one of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) guarantees a system of local government by democratically elected councils.
Edited By Grace Namiji
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