Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio on Thursday, said the Senate will tinker with the constitution to ensure that the Supreme Court Judgement on local government autonomy stands.
Akpabio stated this when he received members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State, who were loyal to the erstwhile Interim National Secretary of the party, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, in Uyo.
A statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, quoted Akpabio saying, “I thank President Bola Tinubu, for looking for a way to bring the all needed autonomy to the local governments through the intervention of the Supreme Court.
“The Senate, under my leadership, will tinker with the constitution to ensure that the judgment is fully implemented without any loopholes for manipulation by the practitioners.”
Speaking further, he said, ” the only thing that is permanent in life is change. Before my coming into the APC, the party never won even a…