LG Elections: PDP Wins Big in Atiku's State, Loses One Legislative Seat

• The PDP has cleared all the 21 local government chairmanship seats in Adamawa state during the Saturday, July 13 elections
• Adamawa, which is the home state of the former vice president Atiku Abubakar, was the first state with a local government election outcome after the Supreme Court judgment
• The PDP also won 225 of the 226 wards in the state, while the NNPP won one in the Saturday election

Yola, Adamawa - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won all 21 council seats in the Adamawa State Local Government election. The northeast state is the home state of the PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 elections.

The PDP also won all councillorship seats in the 226 wards, except for one seat in the Demsa Ward of the Demsa Local Government Area, which the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP) won.

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Who won Adamawa LG election?

According to Channels TV, Mohammed Umar, the State Independent Electoral Commission chairman, announced the results and declared the PDP the overwhelming winner in all 21 local government councils.

In the local government elections in Adamawa state, 12 out of 19 registered political parties participated, with the PDP emerging as the clear winner.

This election is significant as it is the first since the Supreme Court granted financial autonomy to local governments, ordering direct payment of allocation to their accounts instead of governors' controlled accounts.

Supreme Court bars governors from dissolving LG

The Supreme Court's landmark judgment also barred governors from dissolving democratically elected local government councils, paving the way for greater autonomy and democracy at the local level.

The apex court's judgment has generated reactions from Nigerians and stakeholders, coupled with the time that Nigerian governors have rejected legislative moves to grant autonomy to the local governments.

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Reacting to the Supreme Court judgment, the governors said they welcomed the verdict, adding that it would relieve them of the burden of paying salaries of local government workers.

LG autonomy: Ibori addresses Supreme Court judgment

Legit.ng earlier reported that former Delta state governor James Ibori has identified five errors in the Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to local governments in Nigeria.

The former governor posited that the apex court verdict contravened the principle of federalism as stated in Section 162(3) of the 1999 Constitution.

According to the Ibori, there are only two tiers of government: federal and state, while the local government is expected to operate under the state.

Proofreading by James Ojo Adakole, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng