S-Court orders release of funds straight to LGAs from federation account
Says it’s unconstitutional for govs to hold LG funds, Warns govs to stop using Caretaker C’ttees to run LGs FOLLOWING the Supreme Court’s judgement granting financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Areas in the country, Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State and his Cross River State counterpart, Senator Bassey Out, yesterday, said they accepted the verdict in good faith. However, efforts to get the Chairman of Nigeria’s Governors Forum, NGF, and governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq proved abortive as he evaded questions from State House correspondents after meeting with President Tinubu. Landmark judgement The apex court, in a landmark judgement, ruled that it is unconstitutional for governors to hold onto funds meant for local governments. The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision by a seven-member panel of justices, barred governors of the 36 states of the federation from receiving, withholding, tampering or utilizing funds that stand to the credit of the local g...