By Jude Opara
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), in Enugu State during the 2023 general election, Barr Chijioke Edeoga has urged the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to expedite action on a constitutional reform towards towards scrapping State Independent Electoral Commissions, (SIECs).
Edeoga said this in a statement days after the Supreme Court granted financial autonomy to local government areas.
The LP chieftain had earlier last week while reacting to the landmark judgement, urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, (NFIU), to closely monitor the finances of the local government areas.
He has now followed it up with an advice to the AGF, urging him to ensure that the SIECs were abrogated to allow for credible elections in the LGAs.
Edeoga said that an Executive Bill to excise Section 197 1(b) of the Constitution which created the state Independence Electoral Commissions should be initiated by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation.
According to him, the responsibility should be taken off SIECs and pushed to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
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