Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lashed out at State Governors over ‘bastardization of Local Governments.’
Obasanjo accused State Governors of glaring injustices and overbearing influence on the Local Governments.
The ex – President made this known when a 60-member delegation of the National Union of Local Government Employees(NULGE) visited him at his residence on Presidential Hilltop Estate, Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital to complain about the overbearing influence of State Governors.
He said: “Coming to me or me saying something is not the answer. I’m like a cripple. I have no executive power. I have no legislative power, but you are not crippled and you can show them that you are on ground. Local Government should be allowed to carry out its function.
“But I wonder, if the states can allow what they are doing to the Local Governments to be done to them by the Federal Government.
“Sadly, very very sadly, the autonomy of the Local Governments almost without any exception, have been bastardized and encroached by the states.
“Both are supposed to be tiers of government with each having its roles and functions. But, that is not the case. We shall continue to talk until those who reasonable among change this attitude.”