Most Nigerian govs are modern day Hitler —Senator Adeyemi

MOST governors in Nigeria have been described as more dictatorial than the late German despot, Adolf Hitler, as they opposed creation of additional states because they would not want their empires to be captured.
The senator representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Smart Adeyemi, made this known during an interaction with newsmen in Abuja, at the weekend, noting that the governors were also being hypocritical by asking for more power from the Federal Government while they were against autonomy for the local government.
Senator Adeyemi, who alleged that most of the governors were making moves to frustrate attempts at amending the 1999 Constitution, also said they were against the removal of immunity clause because they did not want their atrocities to be exposed while in office.
“Why are the governors against the autonomy of an arm of government? This is because they have the privilege to control the state houses of assembly. They supported autonomy for the legislature at the federal level, but they are against autonomy for the state legislature.
“They are opposed to state creation because they believe it will reduce their empires. They are against the removal of immunity clause because they don’t want their atrocities exposed while in office and they are against the autonomy of the state assemblies because they want to enslave them.
“It is for the media and the civil society to rise up against the governors and allow people to have their freedom,” he said.
Senator Adeyemi, who also said most of the governors were against the quest for the autonomy of local government, asked: “Were the local government areas created by state governors?
The local government reform of 1976 was meant to bring governance closer to the people and subsequent constitution amendments recognised local government as the third tier of government.”
 He said the Senate was helpless and could not rectify the situation because it was acting within the confines of the 1999 Constitution which, he noted, could not be amended without getting the support of two-third of the state houses of assemblies.

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