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JUST IN: Supreme Court orders Federal Government to pay allocation directly to LGAs

By Adedayo Osho 

Following state governments continued abuse of powers by retaining, diverting and using the funds meant for Local Government Areas (LGAs), a seven-member panel of justices delivered judgement on Thursday July 11, 2024, in the suit filed by the federal government.

A suit was filed in May by the federal government at the supreme court against governors of the 36 states of the Nigerian federation.

The suit with reference code SC/CV/343/2024, saw the federal government requesting for full autonomy for the 774 local government councils in the country.

Nigeria's highest court of justice, the Supreme Court on Thursday morning finally ruled that the federal government should henceforth pay allocations directly to local government councils from the federation account.