BREAKING: Supreme Court Rules In Favour Of FG, Grants Financial Autonomy to LG
~ Declares It’s Unconstitutional For Governors To Hold LG Funds – The Supreme Court has ruled that Local Government allocations from the Federation Account should be paid directly to them henceforth, and not to state government coffers. In its lead judgement read by Justice Agim, the apex court pointed out that the state governors’ retention of the monies meant for the Local Governments truncates the latter’s activities. Justice Agim ordered the immediate compliance of the judgement, stating that no state government should be paid monies meant for Local Governments. He also observed that the refusal of state government on financial autonomy for local governments has gone on for over two decades. He said local governments have since stopped receiving the money meant for them from the state governors who act in their stead. Justice Agim noted that the 774 local government councils in the country should manage their funds themselves. He dismissed the preliminary objections
