President Muhammadu Buhari has accused state governors of stealing from money allocated to local government thereby limiting development at the grassroots.
He made the claim on Thursday in a digression during his speech at an event hosted for members of the Senior Executive Course 44 (2022) of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The President, who said he was reliving a personal experience, noted the unfair treatment by the state chief executives of the administration at the local government level.
He said the governors’ attitude portrayed the sort of corrupt practices perpetrated in dispensing resources meant for local councils’ administrations.
Buhari wondered why the states would collect money on behalf of council areas in their states only to remit just half to the council Chairman, who in turn pilfers the public resources.
He blamed the situation on a lack of integrity and character on the part of those holding such offices, which he said indicated the level of corruption in the country.