All Progressive Congress Chieftain in Oyo State Hon Ismail Teslim Kunle popularly known as TESCOM has criticized the notion of Oyo State house of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Debo Ogundoyin on the local government autonomy.
Tescom, a former House of Assembly aspirant for Iseyin-Itesiwaju state constituency made this known when speaking with news men on Wednesday in Ibadan, Oyo State capital.
He stated that “I expect Mr. Speaker to continue build on the legacy of his late father and political icon, Pa Ogundoyin rather than killing the legacy because his statement is an abuse of power and a disgraceful to the youths.
Recall that the speaker Ogundoyin, who spoke at a national discourse on Nigeria’s security challenges and good governance at the local government levels organized by the House of Representatives said granting financial autonomy to the level government will engender massive corruption at the local level.
The speaker also argued that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and other anti-graft agencies will not have the required manpower and financial resources to investigate corruption at the local level. “Inadequate resources (especially in urbanized Local Governments), is going to be closely followed by mismanagement or misappropriation of funds or put simply as corruption.
Hon. Tescom further said that autonomy will see the LGA to be answerable to the Federal Government and other federal agencies e.g EFCC, House of Representatives which will have oversight functions over the LGA).
“Speaker’s position on this matter didnt show good representation, he’s abusing the youthfulness chances in politics. It’s bad coming from someone like him who supported legislative autonomy.
Hon Teslim then urged and advised Mr. Speaker to re-address his submission about local government autonomy.
