Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have welcomed the recent ruling of the Supreme Court on the Local Government autonomy....
Ayo Fayose, former governor of Ekiti State, has expressed concern over Thursday’s Supreme Court judgment affirming local governments’ right to receive monthly allocations directly from...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says the Supreme Court verdict granting financial autonomy to local government councils is a distraction to the “real” issues...
AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), says the supreme court ruling affirming the fiscal autonomy of LGAs is a “relief from the...
Lateef Fagbemi, attorney-general of the federation, says Thursday’s supreme court ruling has “emancipated” LGAs from the “shackles of the past”. On Thursday, the apex...
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, says governors will review the Supreme Court verdict that granted financial autonomy to local government councils. Soludo spoke on...
President Bola Tinubu says the supreme court judgment affirming the constitutional rights and financial autonomy of the LGAs in the country is a welcome development....
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says the ruling of the supreme court affirming the fiscal autonomy of LGAs in the country is a “win for the...
The Supreme Court has barred governors from dissolving democratically elected Local Government (LG) councils in the country. The apex court, in a landmark judgement on...
The supreme court has ruled that the federal government should henceforth pay allocations directly to local government councils from the federation account. Delivering judgment...
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