Edo State Financial Autonomy Debate

Yekini Idaiye, the new Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, addressed concerns regarding amendments to financial autonomy laws for the legislature and judiciary, asserting that autonomy remains intact and that only capital fund management is affected.

Yekini Idaiye, the new Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, clarified that recent legislation signed by Governor Monday Okpebholo did not strip the Assembly or judiciary of financial autonomy. The amendments focus on capital fund management while ensuring recurrent expendi

Edo judiciary workers, represented by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, protested by locking out Edo State House of Assembly workers against proposed bills to repeal financial autonomy laws for the judiciary and legislature, demanding the bills be discarded.