Supreme Court Orders FG To Pay Allocations Directly To LGAs
The federal government has been ordered by the Supreme Court to henceforth pay allocations directly to local government councils from the federation account.
While ruling in the suit on Thursday, a seven-member panel of justices held that state governments have continued to abuse their powers by retaining and using the funds meant for LGAs.
Osun Defender recalls that the federal government had in May filed a suit at the supreme court against governors of the 36 states.
In the suit marked SC/CV/343/2024, the federal government asked for full autonomy for the country’s 774 local governments.
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