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The Govs Only Go To Abuja For FAAC And It’s Like Personal Grant For Them – According to Akin Fapohunda

The Govs Only Go To Abuja For FAAC And It's Like Personal Grant For Them - According to Akin Fapohunda

A member of the Eminent Elders Forum, Dr. Akin Fapohunda, has taken issue with the 36 governors’ custom of traveling to Abuja just to get their allocation, which he feels is frequently handled as a personal gift. Fapohunda stated in an interview with Arise News that this approach hinders local self-sufficiency and maintains a lack of accountability.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>

He advocated for a return to the 1960s system, where regional parliaments held more power and encouraged local solutions. “Once you have a proper parliament of a region, it’ll carry more weight, people will have ownership, and then look to your own region for solutions instead of looking to Abuja for solutions,” Fapohunda said.

In his words;

The 36 Governors only come to Abuja to take allocation, once they take allocation, It’s like a personal grant for them, they pay salaries, they pay some pensions, the rest of the money, nobody knows and nobody is held accountable but once you have a proper parliament of a region of a region, it’ll carry more weight, people will have ownership and then look to your own region for solution instead of looking to Abuja for solution. This is how it works in the 60s CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>

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