Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Wednesday, signed the House of Assembly as well as Judicial autonomy bills into law.
Speaking shortly after giving assent to the two bills, Tambuwal expressed dismay that many Nigerians were misled into believing that governors were against granting financial autonomy to the two arms of government, stressing that what they kicked against was Buhari’s Executive Order 10.
“Nigerians are misled to believe that we do not believe in autonomy of the judiciary. All of us do believe in the autonomy of the judiciary. No governor is against the autonomy.
“The back and forth was as a result of Executive Order 10, which president Buhari was inadvertently ill-advised to sign.
“The constitution is self enforcing. We believe in the constitution; not in Executive Order 10. Why should anyone believe in Executive Order 10? We do not believe in Executive Order 10,” Tambuwal emphasised.
He added that the whole thing “is not about individuals but institutions. That is why we have assented to it.”
