•Nigerian lawyers Nigerian lawyers under the aegis of The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is set to host a state-of-the-nation discourse on local government financial autonomy. It said the critical conversation is aimed at ensuring full compliance with the Supreme Court’s judgment on council autonomy. The event will take place on Wednesday at t...
•Tinubu and some Nigerian governors The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has issued a stern warning to state governors bypassing the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy, threatening to seek a contempt of court suit if the defiance continues. Fagbemi stated this in Abuja, y...
The Abia State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has stated that the proposed Local Government bill by Abia State House of Assembly is an attempt to siphon council funds in the state. In a letter to the Speaker, reference number NLC/ABSC/AHA/VOL.11/001, dated October 25, 2024 and signed by the state chairman of NLC, Ogbonnaya […]
•Soludo Labour Party lawmakers from Anambra State have accused Governor Chukwuma Soludo of attempting to undermine local government autonomy through a proposed bill titled “Anambra State Local Government Administration Law 2024.” The lawmakers, which included, Senator Tony Nwoye, George Ozodinobi, Afam Ogene, Idu Emeka, and Anekwe Peter, voice...
Ahead of the submission of the report of the 10-member inter-ministerial committee on the implementation of the Supreme Court ruling on Local Government Areas autonomy next week, state governors have begun fresh lobbying against the enforcement of the verdict. The panel, headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate Committee on Constitution Review has concluded its two-day retreat on the amendments to the 1999 constitution in Kano and agreed to include full autonomy for local governments in the country’s legal document. The federal lawmakers, however, expressed divergent views on the issue of state police, reports Daily Trust....
The federal government has set up a 10-member committee to enforce the Supreme Court judgment delivered on July 11, 2024 granting financial autonomy to Local Governments in Nigeria. Director, Information & Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation OSGF, Segun Imohiosen disclosed this today in Abuja...
The pan-Nigerian welfarist group, Afenifere, has queried the rationale behind the current administration’s push for local government autonomy, stating that such move has a hidden taxation agenda for state capture purposes. Afenifere also said that it clouds the decision to take the right steps as suggested by the group to resolve the fundament...
•Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has asserted that the federal government is not constitutionally superior to state governments, emphasising that the Oyo government is best suited to determine what is good for its people. During an emergency consultative stakeholders’ meeting in Ibadan, held at the Executive Chamber of th...
•APGA chairman, Edozie Njoku The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Edozie Njoku, has adduced reasons why those he referred as big men, are kicking against the Supreme Court judgement that granted financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in the country. Njoku, who spoke to newsmen in Abuja after ...
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