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Supreme Court’s Verdict Pending On FG Lawsuit Against 36 Governors Over Local Government Autonomy
Supreme Court’s Verdict Pending On FG Lawsuit Against 36 Governors Over Local Government Autonomy....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
The Supreme Court reserved its judgment yesterday on the Federal Government’s lawsuit seeking full autonomy for the 774 Local Government Areas across Nigeria. Presiding over a seven-man panel, Justice Garba Lawal approved the case for judgment after attorneys general representing the governors of all 36 states adopted their arguments………. CONTINUE READING
The states, in their preliminary objections, requested the dismissal of the suit and sought significant costs, arguing that the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, lacked the legal standing to initiate the action on behalf of the FG. They also alleged that their right to a fair hearing was compromised when they were not served with a copy of an additional affidavit filed by the AGF in support of the suit.
Some states asserted that they already had democratically elected local government officials in place and deemed the FG’s suit an abuse of the judicial process.
Following deliberations, the Justice Lawal-led panel indicated that the date for delivering the judgment would be communicated to all parties involved.
The Federal Government’s suit before the Supreme Court seeks to secure full autonomy for local governments as the third tier of government. It requests the court to prohibit state governors from unilaterally dissolving democratically elected local government leaders and to allow funds allocated to local governments from the Federation Account to be channeled directly to them, bypassing alleged unlawful joint accounts controlled by governors as per constitutional provisions.
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