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Most States have resorted to governing the local governments through caretaker committees set up by the State Government.
This is contrary to Section 7 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which guarantees the system of local government by democratically elected officials.
Caretaker committees have become a prevalent practice in different states across the federation, and are fast replacing local government councils.
Factors fingered for the inability of many States to conduct council polls include insecurity, paucity of funds as well as political and legal battles.
Thursday’s ruling by the Supreme Court declaring that it is unconstitutional fo Governors to hold funds allocated for local government administrations further raised the question of how LG helmsmen are routinely sacked from office and replaced with Caretaker Committees
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