Senator representing Kogi West, Sunday Karimi, has stated that President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly should not be held responsible for the slow or near non-implementation of the Supreme Court judgment granting local councils financial autonomy.

Karimi, who spoke while giving account of his stewardship in the last two years in the 10th Senate during a media parley at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre, Lokoja, said President Tinubu’s vision leading to the judgment of the Supreme Court was aimed at freeing the people from slavery and underdevelopment, starting with financial autonomy for the third tier of government.

He urged Nigerians to continue to support the President in his effort to bring good governance close to the people at the grassroots.

Asked to explain why the Senate had not deemed it fit to give any legislative backing to the Supreme Court judgment of the 11th July, 2024, on local government autonomy, the lawmaker described the judgment as the President’s card to legally and holistically address the local government challenges once and for all.