Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has kicked against autonomy for local government councils in the country, saying that they lacked independent resources to sustain them.

Ahmed noted that the much desired autonomy would continue to elude the 774 local government councils until they were able to harness their own resources for even development of the grassroots.

He spoke, yesterday, during his monthly personality programme, "Governor Explains" in Ilorin, the state capital.

"It is disheartening that, some of the councils have poor revenue bases and some of them were also created based on political considerations that have no solid foundation for development. To this extent,the issue of autonomy will continue to be a mirage.

"We can not be talking about autonomy for the local governments,when they cannot perform their statutory obligations without the usual monthly allocations from the centre," he said.

The governor specifically pointed out that, most of the revenue accruing to the 774 councils in the country came through Federal Government's allocations, stressing that this would remain a strong factor militating against their autonomy.