LGs are govs ATMs, should be scrapped – Adamu Garba

Former presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba has described the local governments as Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, of state governors in Nigeria.

Garba called for the scrapping of the local governments, which he further described as “paper-only, money-sharing third tier of government”.

In a statement he posted on his X page, Garba said it’s practically impossible to implement the Supreme Court’s ruling on local government autonomy.

He said: “One of the most inefficient, ineffective back pocket of some state governors is the local government councils.

“Local governments takes their legislation from the state assemblies and you know what that means….