The Supreme Court on Thursday barred governors from dissolving democratically elected local government councils, ruling that such actions amount to a breach of the 1999 Constitution.
The apex court stated that the defendants (governors) had wasted their time in pursuing such suits.
The Supreme Court had earleir granted financial autonomy to the 774 local government councils in the country.
In its lead judgement delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the Supreme Court criticized governors for their prolonged refusal to grant autonomy to local
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