SAN FRANCISCO, June 10, (THEWILL) – Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami (SAN), has declared that there’s no going back on the Executive Order 0010 by President Muhammadu Buhari on autonomy to State Legislature and Judiciary.
Malami made the clarifications in a statement in Abuja through his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, against the backdrop of claims by the governors that President Buhari had halted action on the implementation of the autonomy.
Malami said the current administration will work with Governors on modalities for effective implementation of the order adding that the implementation Committee will incorporate valuable submissions from the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and other stakeholders.
But Malami said the Federal Government only wanted submissions from the governors and other stakeholders declaring that the granting of autonomy to State Legislature and the Judiciary is sacrosanct.
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He said: “The re-enforcement of the constitutional provisions on the autonomy of the state legislature and judiciary as contained in Section 121(3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria necessitated the Executive Order No 0010.”
He said the government noted “with appreciation that the Governors of the 36 States of the Federation have agreed to the constitutionality of the autonomy of the state legislature and the Judiciary.”
