Nigerian government forms committee to enforce Supreme Court ruling on local council autonomy

The Federal Government has formed a 10-member committee to enforce the Supreme Court ruling on the autonomy of local councils.

The Supreme Court on July 11 delivered a ruling granting full autonomy to the country’s 774 local government areas.

Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Segun Imohiosen, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.

The committee is chaired by SGF, George Akume.

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Its members are the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Wale Edun, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso.

Others are Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance; Chairman, Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Allocation Commission; Representative of State Governors; and, Representative of Local Governments.

The statement read: “The main objective of this committee is to ensure that local governments are given full autonomy, enabling them to function effectively without interference from the state government.

“This move is in line with President Bola Tinubu’s efforts to provide proper implementation of the provisions of the Constitution, which recognizes local governments as the third tier of government.”

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