The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Lagos State, has said there is no more excuse for non-performance by local government chairmen with the Supreme Court’s ruling on local government autonomy. The State IPAC Chairperson, Mrs Temilola Akinade, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
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The Supreme Court will deliver judgment on the suit seeking full autonomy for the 774 local governments in the country on Thursday, July 11. The notices on the development have being sent to all the lawyers in the suit. The Federal Government instituted the suit against all the...
Governors on the platform of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) are currently in a closed-door meeting in Abuja to discuss the proposed new national minimum wage and other national issues. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other matters on the meeting agenda, chaired by the forum’s...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) has thrown its weight behind the implementation of autonomy for local governments in the country as enshrined in the constitution. Similarly, ALGON, has advocated a 4 years unified tenure for elected Local Government (LG) officials...
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. Justice Garba Lawal, who led a seven-member panel of Justices of the apex...
Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Wednesday threw his weight behind the growing calls for a single term for elected officeholders but he argued that any form of autonomy for local government areas in the country is against the tenets of true federalism. The former Governor of the...
Elder statesman, Chief Nduka Eya, has urged Nigerians to stop ‘demonising governors’ over Local Government Area administrative and financial autonomy. Eya made the call while addressing newsmen in Enugu on Sunday on issues bordering ton he nation and its people. He said that the current negative perception...
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Bun has said that his stance has shown he was not opposed to the idea on local government autonomy across the country. Buni disclosed this after casting his vote in the local government election at his polling unit in Buni Gari on Saturday....
A civil rights activist and social critic, Sen. Shehu Sani, has said local government autonomy is the only way to strengthen governance at the grassroots and save council areas from paralysis. Sani, who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly and served as Chairman, Senate Committee on...
The Tinubu Stakeholders Forum (TSF) is drumming support for the Federal Government’s decision to take its advocacy for local government autonomy to the Supreme Court. In a statement jointly signed by its Chairman Ahmad Sajoh and Secretary Josiah Afolabi, the group was emphatic that full autonomy for local...
The Federal Government has dragged the 36 state governors to the Supreme Court over alleged misconduct in the handling of local government affairs The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Lateef Fagbemi,instituted the action against the governors to seek full autonomy for local governments as the third...
Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, has said President Bola Tinubu led administration is supportive of autonomy for Local Government Areas in the country. Akume said this during the Ministerial Press Briefing on Wednesday in Abuja to mark Tinubu’s one year anniversary in office....
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded for a total autonomy for the judiciary, local governments and State Houses of Assemblies. NLC President Ayuba Wabba stated this on Friday during a protest at the venue of a meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). The NGF meeting with the...