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NGF faults Buhari’s Executive Order on judicial autonomy
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By Rotimi Ojomoyela
EKITI VICE-Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, Governor Aminu Tambuwal, yesterday, accused President Muhammadu Buhari of overreaching himself on the Executive Order 10 that canvassed judicial and legislative autonomies for states.
Tambuwal, who is the governor of Sokoto State, noted that the NGF expected President Buhari to have consulted widely before issuing the order, saying exercising such powers unilaterally was tantamount to illegality.
He spoke during an Attorney-General’s Colloquium, organised by the Ekiti State Ministry of Justice Academy in honour of the retiring Chief Judge of the state, Justice Ayodeji Daramola.
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Judiciary, Legislative autonomy critical to Nigeria’s democratic process Tambuwal
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By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti
As against the belief in some quarters that Nigeria’s governors where the one stalling the autonomy of judiciary and legislative arm of government, Governor of Sokoto state, Rt. Hon Aminu Tambuwal, on Thursday declared that the autonomy of the two arms are critical to the sustenance of the country’s democratic process.
Tambuwal added that some of the conflicting areas of the Executive Order 10 which mandated the implementation of judiciary and legislative autonomy across states of the Federation, were being addressed.
Hon Tambuwal, who stated this in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, disclosed that Nigerian Governors have reached a consensus to set up an implementation structure to grant the judiciary power to manage its capital and recurrent expenditure in line with constitutional provisions.