NDI ANAMBRA WANT GOVT THAT WILL DELIVER DIVIDENDS OF DEMOCRACY TO THEIR DOOR STEPS—INFORMATION COMMISSIONER 

By Chinelo Ajulufo  :

The Anambra Commissioner for Information, Dr Law Mefor, has reacted to the bill that was recently passed into law which said that the state and the local government should operate a joint account, saying that Ndi Anambra wants dividends of democracy at their door steps. 

Dr Mefor said this on October 9 at his office, during an interactive Session with Arise television. 

He also said that the law is in accordance with section 7 of the 1999 amended Constitution which stipulated that the State House of Assembly should make Law for regulation, administration and financing of the local government in the whole federation. 

“The law provides a legal framework of all financial automomy of the local government.

“The same constitution also imposes a duty on the state government to see to the proper running of local government including their financial administration,” he said. 

He futher explained that the local government will still be in charge of administering their funds as against the notions of some people that the state government wants to take charge of the monies allocated to local government. 

*Chinelo is of the Ministry of Information, Anambra State.