Meanwhile, members of the House of Representatives have hailed the supreme court judgement with a call on the Federal Government to withhold funds for 21 states with unelected local government officials .
The House noted that local government areas across 21 states are been administered by appointees of state governors, either as Sole Administrators or Caretaker Committee without proper elections being held to elect chairmen and councilors
The House resolution was passed following a motion on the urgent need to address the refusal of State Governments to uphold democratic principles in the Local Government and the financial impropriety of unelected Local Government officials, sponsored by Hon. Ademorin Kuye.
The House therefore mandated its joint Committees on Finance, Revenue Mobilization and Allocation (RMAFC) to withhold local government allocation for Local Government run by officials not elected democratically.
The Reps similarly directed RMFAC to create a special account into which such monies will be paid until democratically elected representatives are put in place by such state governments.
The lawmakers also mandated the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) to institute legal action against any state that terminates the unexpired tenure of local government administration and direct RMFAC to withhold allocations due to such Local Government, even as it tasked the Committee on Legislative Compliance to ensure compliance of same.
Speaking on the intent of the motions Hon. Kuye slammed the State Governors for their flagrant disregard to the provisions of Section 7 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) which guarantees the system of local government run by democratically elected officials and prescribed that state government should ensure their existence.