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BREAKING: Nigerian governors lose as Supreme Court orders FG to pay allocations directly to LGAs

The Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government should henceforth pay allocations directly to local government councils from the federation account.

Delivering judgment in the suit on Thursday, a seven-member panel of justices held that state governments have continued to abuse their powers by retaining and using the funds meant for local government areas (LGAs).

In May, the federal government filed a suit at the Supreme Court against the governors of the 36 states.

In the suit marked SC/CV/343/2024, the federal government asked for full autonomy for the country’s 774 local governments.

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