Dr ade dosunmu biography of william hill

…Commends Tinubu for bold initiative

A former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Ade Dosunmu has applauded the decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on the matter of financial autonomy of the Local Governments brought before it by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation describing it as a landmark judgement that is long overdue, but timely.

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, declared that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold onto funds meant for Local Government (LG) administrations even as it also barred governors from dissolving democratically elected Local Government councils in the country adding that doing so would amount to a breach of the 1999 Constitution.

However, in his reaction to the judgement in a statement he signed in Lagos on Thursday and made available to our correspondent, Dosunmu observed that the importance of that decision at this time in the nation’s history cannot be over