The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to withhold allocation to states without elected representatives.
The House also mandated Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to stop sending allocation to local council areas without elected leaders.
This followed a of urgent public importance motion by lawmaker representing Somolu Federal Constituency, Ademorin Kuye who argued that democracy is being killed at the local government level by state governors who prefer to dissolve elected leaders and appoint caretaker chairmen.
He told the house that about 21 states have no elected representatives in their local governments.
He recalled to the House of Representatives that the Senate in 2023 passed a resolution against the practice. He also added that the Supreme Court had ruled against caretaker chairmen for local governments.
While calling on the House to direct RMAFC to halt all allocations to local government areas without elected representatives, Kuye accused state governors that appointed caretakers to run local governments of thwarting development potentials on the council areas and Nigeria.
