President, Muhammadu Buhari today, signed an Executive Order for Financial Autonomy of State Legislature and State Judiciary.
“Based on the power vested in me under Section 5 of the 1999 Constitution (as Amended), I, today, signed into law Executive Order No. 10 of 2020 for the implementation of Financial Autonomy of State Legislature and State Judiciary.
This administration will continue to do everything to strengthen the principles and practice of democracy and democratic governance in Nigeria.”
This means that these arms of government will get their allocations paid directly to them instead of going through the executive arm of government.
This is a welcome development and gives room for more transparency and accountability. Hopefully the executive arm will have less influence in the legislative and judicial arm with this Executive Order signed into law today.