
Local Government Autonomy: Implications Of Supreme Court Verdict
Local Government Autonomy: Implications Of Supreme Court Verdict By Sunday Oguntola It was victory at last for many local government chairmen and stakeholders. Yesterday’s Supreme Court pronouncements in a suit by the Federal Government against the 36 states will elicit definitive developments that will greatly define the political space and temperature of the nation for years to come. The seven-man panel of the Supreme Court, in the judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, declared that the 774 local government councils in the Federation should manage their funds without interference or deduction from any quarter. The Court also declared that it…