Compensation Tribunal, then the Chairman of the Tribunal may direct the Minister responsible for
Finance to lay before the National Assembly a Bill—
(a)
to dissolve the National Compensation Tribunal; and
(b)
to confer on the High Court jurisdiction equivalent to that of the National Compensation
Tribunal to determine claims against the Government within the meaning of this Chapter.
(3) Where the National Compensation Tribunal has been dissolved, for the remaining duration
of the period prescribed in subsection (1) the uncommitted residue of the Fund shall remain a separate
fund within the accounts of the Consolidated Fund which shall be drawn upon by the Minister
responsible for Finance in respect of awards made by the High Court in relation to claims that would
otherwise have been determined by the National Compensation Tribunal.
(4) The National Compensation Fund shall continue until there is no longer a committed residue.
CHAPTER XIV
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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Local Government authorities
6 of 1995, 13 of 2001(1) There shall be local government authorities which shall have such
powers as are vested in them by this Constitution and an Act of Parliament.
(2) Local government authorities shall be responsible for the representation of the people over
whom they have jurisdiction, for their welfare and shall have responsibility for—
(a)
the promotion of infrastructural and economic development, through the formulation
and execution of local development plans and the encouragement of business enterprise;
(b)
the presentation to central government authorities of local development plans and the
promotion of the awareness of local issues to national government;
(c)
the consolidation and promotion of local democratic institutions and democratic
participation; and
(d)
such other functions, including the registration of births and deaths and participation in
the delivery of essential and local services, as may be prescribed by any Act of Parliament.
(3) Parliament shall, where possible, provide that issues of local policy and administration be
decided on at local levels under the supervision of local government authorities.
6 of 1995(4) Parliament shall ensure that the composition of local government authorities
includes a prescribed number of persons serving as Chiefs in the area of jurisdiction of such authorities
and affords equal representation in respect of each ward within its jurisdiction, and that the boundaries
of each ward shall be designated by the Electoral Commission in accordance with section 148.