Tag: State governors

Last week, Nigeria's Supreme Court took a fundamental step towards dismantling the grip of state governors on the local government (LG) system and local government funds. The Supreme Court ruling ...

ABUJA (Sundiata Post) - The Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened to sue the 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) if they ...

ABUJA (Sundiata Post) - The Supreme Court has barred the 36 governors of the federation from further retaining or utilising funds meant for the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in ...

ABUJA (Sundiata Post) - On Thursday, the Supreme Court ordered state governors to pay allocations directly to local government councils from the federation account. In his verdict, Justice Emmanuel Agim ...