Governors Meet In Abuja To Discuss State Of The Nation

• We were not informed before the passage of the law – Lalong

State governors on Wednesday met at the state house, Abuja, to discuss pertinent issues regarding state of the nation, including the nationwide strike by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN).

President Muhammadu Buhari had, in May 2020, signed the executive order 10 granting financial autonomy to the legislature and judiciary across the 36 states of the country.

The order makes it mandatory for all states to include the allocations of both the legislature and the judiciary in the first-line charge of their budgets.

However, governors are yet to carry out the implementation of this executive order.

Consequently, members of JUSUN commenced a nationwide industrial action on April 6, insisting that the strike will continue until their demands are met.

Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, had, on Monday, in Sokoto, said there is no going back on decision of the federal government to follow through with the implementation of the executive Order 10.

Speaking to journalists at the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday, Simon Lalong, governor of Plateau state, had said although governors are not opposed to the financial autonomy, they were not informed when the law was passed.

“We were not consulted when we saw a law passed and order came. So, when you are talking about implementation, you’re talking about policy. You don’t wake up because a law is passed and you said you are doing it. How? There must be processes,” Lalong had said.

Insecurity, as well as other national issues, are said to also be on the agenda for discussion at the meeting.

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