Odinkalu Unmoved By Supreme Court's Verdict On LG Autonomy | Politics Today 

Your comment captured Prof’s exposition so well. Well said

Honestly, indeed "legitimacy of elections are no longer with the people but with politicians and Judges." Many of us commoners no longer bother to vote many years ago. What's the use voting. I said it before and TVC refused to post my comments. This supreme court judgment has more to it than meet the eye. There's the visible hand of a monkey manipulating the matter to deal with a current corrupt situation. How can the country move forward by using a seemingly legal method to solve a corrupt situation. Politicians and Judges, una de play. Don't run o. Stay and face the music when the time comes.

This are brilliant thoughts not like Liborous Oshoma that goes to every station to say what the people want to hear rather than say the truth or state the facts

We were in the same boat comrade

There is no uhuru in sight. We must get our elections right

Exactly

Well humbly suggested 👊

That is the honest truth. They all pretend to be journalists but are afraid to speak up. Nigeria has many issues, and I'm not sure where to start.

they have all been captured by the government, started from the Buhari govt .

Just like our judicial system

You have said it all!

Government Captured Parties Captured Media Captured The State Capture completed. It is all over Ladies and gentlemen.

Exactly, the host and journalist struggled along to understand or accept the fundamental but repeated errors in jurisprudence that has bedevils our political process and which still makes the local council autonomy rather fluid.

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Even that withstanding, this judgement still VASTLY increases the power and independence of the LGs.

@@MA-go7ee well, for now that is all “in theory”. Let’s see if in practice this is one of the court judgements that will be obeyed/enforced.

Bandit election? Yes! As long as the governors determine who becomes the LG Chairman and the state electoral commission continues to conduct LG elections, the judgement holds no water.

You people cannot appreciate the judiciary as arm of government, Is this not a progress?. You hide under the bed of a woman and be giving comments irrelevantly. Don't get me angry o. Anyways, jokes apart, let's appreciate this. The effect is that Local government is closed to the people and the positive impact should be felt. the people should hold their leaders accountable in their respective areas(L.G). EFCC nets await any corrupt leaders!

The guy has lost credibility

LGAs are the selected choice of governors who cannot raise their hands or move their legs without the order of their governors!

The journalist has been compromised because they have been compromised by the politicians This journalist has drank the water of foolishness The most of the journalists in Nigeria are all pretending to be stupid, directly collaborating with the corrupt system in Nigeria to destroy the country

Na mumu dem be nau,🤷‍♀️😂

THIS IS COWARDLY DISAPPOINTMENT, WE DON'T HAVE MEN AGAIN .

Do you know them ?

Yes

I don't think the host is out of his depth. It's either fear of loosing his job or ideological inclination both situations can be cloud your judgement

​@@idiaidia6082 u right 😂😂

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So the professor is labor or what are u implying. The prof is deviating from the question and talking about the 2023 election which a lot of u are still delusional about . The prof made so much sense on what he's talking about but he's still deviating from the actual question and the interviewer is not ready to play politics and we know channels tv to be neutral from Arise an indigo pdp/ labor tv station and tvc which also tilted to the ruling party.

But it's a step in good direction

​@@JimmysteeveI wonder why some people think we can solve the problems in one day.

​@Jimmysteeve Which direction As long as the LGA elections are flawed, there is nothing you can do. It will be rigged, and the rigged LGA chairmen will just hand over the funds back to the governors That is why Nigerians don't know anything and allow these politicians and do called judges deceive them

⁠@@njuzyelvisekambi314 How many years of your independence? Who will conduct local government elections in the state. Isn’t it state independence electoral commission, which members are selected by governors. It is your mate who are fighting for their future in Kenya, in Nigeria you come with your tribal and religious sentiments. Your president today doesn’t have primary and secondary school certificates, and you see it as a normal thing. Even his university certificate is being questioned. You will suffer it not me. I live in Edmonton Canada. My children are enjoying good education better than you do. Keep on deceiving yourself. Someone like wike’s wife, how can such a judge adjudicate political cases.

You just missed the point. what was the impact of the educated in Nigeria politics?

You see and read what's on your mind.

Truth is not actually bitter. It is in fact as sweet as sugar. It is only bitter for that hate the truth, but for those of us that love Truth, it is sweet and you can see it from the majority of the comments from the interview

No allocation without elected individuals according to Supreme Court

Read the judgment. That was a perfect judgement no elections no funds. That how counties and counties work in other country. This funds are used by Governors since 99 and they have been fighting not to give local government Autonomy because they know they are going to be weak.

You didn't understand that verdict.

And you think the local government chairmen are holy ? Hahahahaha 😅, you better think again and again .

@@Chrisugo None are holy but LGA autonomy is better IMHO, now government is closer to the people and we can talk directly and hold LGA chain and women responsible

Is peter Obi the president

Where is forward??

@@arinzeagbo8699 this judgement is surely a way forward. Except you are biased in one way or the other and or never interested in the Nigerian project. A lot of you are so used to activism and complaining about the problems we are facing as a country to an extent that you don't recognize when a positive has been achieved. We have to start recognising the positives and harping on them so politicians don't find a way to flout them again. No magic wand can take our problems away, positives like this judgement chips away at the problems bit by bit until we get to the promise land. Be optimistic

The intent of an action supersedes the action. Believe politicians and the crop of current Nigerian judicial officers at your own peril. This might sound good on the surface, but the underground mechanics might be far from what we allude to. We can critique differing thoughts and opinions but attacks on persons are not welcomed even as one would like to be treated. Politicians have used and continue to use such potent misguided lines to divide us. Time shall tell. However, any attempt at not taking power back to the people will not augur well with the nation.

@@joegreg1038 my comment was never meant as an attack but to expose the mindset of Prof odinkalu which has mostly been to see any issue of discourse from a negative point of view. The issue here is simple and straightforward, it's a supreme court decision which is binding on all and will from now be referenced in the court of law, no need to over analyse it, the supreme Court has given the power back to the people. Now we can hold our LGA chairman responsible for everything at the grassroot. Maybe you are not seeing that this judgement makes the ordinary citizen closer to power amd govt than before, now no LGA chairman will dare not perform. As I believe its the case with Prof odinkalu, most of us don't even like the people occupying power in nigeria now but what makes us advocates of good governance in nigeria is when we recognize and speak the truth when Good has been done even if it seems we are praising people we don't like. People are not fools, if you claim to be fighting for them but you cannot say good has been done when it has then they won't trust you. I don't even trust people that criticise always and never own up when they see something good

Are you in anyway telling us the President made the Supreme Court give this judgment? I'm asking so I can check something. 😊