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Financial Autonomy for LG Takes Immediate Effect – FG

Olaitan Sodiq
Olaitan Sodiq
Published: June 15, 2025
Last updated: June 15, 2025
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The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has declared that the Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to local governments takes immediate effect.

This comes after the court declared it unconstitutional for state governors to withhold funds meant for local government administrations on Thursday, July 11, 2024.

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The Supreme Court’s judgment also barred governors from dissolving democratically elected local government councils, stating that doing so would breach the 1999 Constitution.

The court ruled that only democratically elected local government administrations, not caretaker committees, are entitled to manage their funds.

Fagbemi hailed the judgment as a significant victory for local governments, stating, “Naturally one would be happy, Nigerians are happy about it. I call it local government emancipation judgment because it has really emancipated the local government from the shackles of the past.”

He urged local government officials to seize the opportunity to develop their areas, adding, “I hope the local government officials will seize the opportunity and look at it as an opportunity to develop their various local governments.”

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The AGF also warned governors to comply with the judgment, saying, “The ball is in the courts of the governors, let us see what they will come out with.

 

The judgement is clear as to what they should do, the judgement is clear as to what consequences attach to failure or refusal to follow the judgement of the Supreme Court which takes immediate effect.”

 

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