Atiku urges devolution of power to states

Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has advocated devolution of powers from the Federal to the federating units of the country.

He made the call yesterday at the public presentation of Daily Stream, a newspaper published by Skillsgate Media and Communications Limited in Abuja.

Atiku said, “Devolution of powers must include an end to federal intrusion in local government administration. To have the federal government create local governments and directly fund them makes nonsense of the word “local.” Those powers should be vested in the state governments. And it should include an end to federal ownership of interstate roads, schools, hospitals and the uniformity in remunerations across the country.”

The event was attended by former Senate President Ken Nnamani, Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, former Women Affairs Minister, Hajiya Zainab Maina, Alhaji Buba Galadima and several others.

From left: Deputy Chairman, Daily Stream Editorial Board, Dr. Abubakar Umar Kari; Editor, Auwal S. Muazu; Representative of Speaker of House of Reps., Chief Whip Alhassan Ado Doguwa; Guest Lecturer, Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Representative of Kano State governor, Commissioner of Information, Mohammed Garba; Chairman of the occasion, Sen. Ken Nnamani; and former Women Affairs Minister, Hajiya Zainab Maina, during the public presentation of Daily Stream newspaper in Abuja yesterday