FG has no Power to seize States’ Funds – Ekweremadu

Senator representing Enugu west, Ike Ekweremadu on Friday, said the Federal Government has no power to seize funds belonging to State Governments. He said this reacting to the implementation of the recent order signed by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The President had signed an Executive Order which provides for full autonomy of the States Houses of Assembly and the Judiciary in which the Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had warned that States that refuse to comply with the Executive Order may have their funds withheld.

Reacting to this, Ekweremadu said “the FG has no such powers, the Supreme Court has said so.” adding that “the bill is more dangerous than the infectious disease itself,” and “the provisions of the bill are not in tandem with our constitution.”