Supreme Court Grants Financial Autonomy to Local Governments in Landmark Ruling
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has directed that the federal government must now distribute funds directly to local government councils from the federation account due to the actions of numerous states that lacked accountability.
It was stated that the local government was the closest to the people and formed the foundation of both the state and federal governments.
In its ruling on Thursday, a seven-member panel of justices led by Justice Emmanuel Agim stated that state governments have persistently misused funds designated for local government administrations.
The federal government had filed a suit (SC/CV/343/2024) against the governors of all 36 states seeking complete autonomy for the nation’s 774 local governments.
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