The lower chamber of the National Assembly, House of Representatives has voted for financial and administrative autonomy for local government councils across the Federation.
The House also voted to amend the Constitution to grant autonomy to State Legislature and Judiciary.
However, the bill that seeks to grant the National Assembly the power to override a presidential veto on an amendment to the constitution failed to muster the required 288 votes.
Two hundred and eighty-four members voted yes to the amendment.
WITHIN NIGERIA has earlier reported that Senate on Monday urged the 36 Governors to grant autonomy to judiciary.
It insisted autonomy for judiciary is non-negotiable.
Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, made the call while fielding questions from reporters in Abuja.
Bamidele said it is laughable to be grappling with judicial autonomy at this stage of the nation’s development.
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) had declared an industrial action and nationwide protests to compel governors to obey the 1999 constitution (as amended) and Executive Order 10 which granted autonomy to judiciary in the country.
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