The age-long dependence of legislature and Judiciary in 36 states across Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy, on Executive for funding is moving closer to an end. A Bill to grant financial autonomy to State Houses of Assembly and State Judiciaries across 36 states in Nigeria has passed second reading in the country’s House of Representatives. The Bill entitled: “AN ACT TO ALTER SECTION 121(3) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1999( AS AMENDED) TO REFLECT THE AUTHORITY OF PERSON MANDATED TO EFFECT PAYMENT AND RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THE…
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