At a town hall meeting on Saturday in
Somolu local government area, the PDP governorship candidate in Lagos
state, Jimi Agbaje, promised that if elected as Lagos governor, he would
not touch the allocations meant for local government councils.
He said that all constitutional
entitlements, funds, finances and duties of the local governments as
written in the constitution would be strictly adhered to.
Faulting the the current operational
system of local government councils in the state, the governorship
candidate described them as political machines rather than governance
structures.
He said: “The State government has taken
over the funds and functions of the councils,. Local government areas
in Lagos do not know about building roads any longer. Inner roads in the
state that should have been maintained by Councils are abandoned to the
detriment of tax payers.
“The only roads that are taken care of are major state roads.”
He also noted that states could no longer build inner roads which he said is part of the functions of local governments.
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