“Our people don’t know how much states expend in bailing out local governments, and that’s the issue there.”
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“An election was conducted, and the declaration was made on October 25, 2021, by the Returning Officer at the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Chamber,” Nagwari stated. “Despite a court order served to the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIECOM) on January 12, 2022, to issue a certificate of return to the winner, the order was not obeyed.”
The Supreme Court has barred governors from dissolving democratically elected Local Government (LG) councils in the country. The apex court,…
Justice Agim directed that allocations from the Federation Account should be paid directly to local government councils, bypassing state government coffers. He pointed out that the governors’ retention of these funds has hindered the local government’s activities.
He ordered immediate compliance with the judgment, stating that no state government should be paid monies meant for Local Governments.
The Supreme Court is set to deliver its judgment tomorrow, Thursday, July 11, in the case of local government autonomy,…
However, there is no immunity for unofficial acts, and the case has been sent back to a lower court to distinguish between Trump’s official and unofficial conduct.
The Supreme Court on Thursday, reserved judgment in a suit filed by the Federal Government against the governors of the 36 states of the federation over alleged misconduct in the administration of Local Government Areas.
The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed June 13 to hear a suit filed by the Federal government against the 36 state governors over alleged misconduct in the handling of local government affairs
The Federal Government has dragged the 36 state governors to the Supreme Court over alleged misconduct in the handling of local government affairs