•Tinubu and Nigeria Governors’ Forum Many state governments appear to be still weighing their options on local government financial autonomy, following the recent threat by President Bola Tinubu that he may be compelled to issue an Executive Order to ensure direct allocations to the councils. Only a handful of states claim they have comm...
The Labour Party (LP) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately sign an Executive Order enforcing local government autonomy, warning that continued delays amount to a betrayal of the Supreme Court and grassroots Nigerians. The party, in a statement by Dr Arabambi Abayomi, national vice chairman (South West), accused state govern...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has cautioned governors that he may be forced to issue an executive order to enforce direct allocations to local governments if they fail to comply with the Supreme Court ruling affirming financial autonomy for Nigeria’s third tier of government. Tinubu gave the warning during the 15th National Executive Committee...
•Tinubu and policemen President Bola Tinubu has urged governors, members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and other governors, to support the proposal for the establishment of state police and implementation of local government autonomy. Tinubu made the call at the 14th meeting of the APC National Caucus held in Abuja yesterday. He aske...
•Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State A coalition of youth groups and civil society organisations from Kogi State today issued a 21-day ultimatum to the state government to take concrete steps toward implementing full local government autonomy in line with constitutional provisions. The groups, led by the Igala Youth Council Worldwide, mad...
One year after the Supreme Court’s landmark judgement that granted financial autonomy to local governments, the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration has yet to enforce the ruling, as state governments under the leadership of governors continue to have control over the councils’ coffers. As the third tier of government, local governme...
•Effiong and Tinubu A lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has accused the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, of insincerity with the supposed autonomy granted local governments (LGs) in Nigeria. Effiong said this on Channels TV today. According to him, with the reported seizure of LG funds in Osun State by [...
•Abiodun Mohammed Fadeyi Rt. Hon Abiodun Mohammed Fadeyi is the Deputy Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly who also represents Ona-Ara state constituency in the House. In this interview, he speaks about the legislature, the controversy around local government autonomy, among other issues, reports Nigerian Tribune. Excerpts: How would yo...
The challenges facing the implementation of the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy have assumed a new dimension, with some state governors explicitly warning their council chairmen against opening an account with the Central Bank of Nigeria for the direct payment of their allocations from the Federation Account. The latest dev...
The 36 state governments appear to be resisting moves by the federal authorities to get the 774 local governments open accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Federal government’s plan was to pay the monthly revenue allocation of the local governments into their CBN accounts following the recent ruling of the Supreme Court granting [&...
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