Local council autonomy
24 Jan
A professor of Private and Property Law at the University of Lagos, Oludayo Amokaye (SAN), has called for an amendment to the 1999 Constitution to strengthen local government autonomy.
20 Jan
As Nigeria’s 774 local government areas (LGs) prepare to receive direct funding from the Federal Government, questions have been raised about the capacity of council chairmen and the institutional framework to uphold accountability and transparency, which remain notably deficient at the local government level.
4 Dec
The Supreme Court’s ruling that granted financial autonomy to local governments has compelled many state governors to hurriedly conduct council elections. But the desperation of the states’ ruling parties and their routine clean sweep of all vacancies with almost nothing for opposition parties
12 Jun 2024
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has said that the Federal Government is using diversionary and hypocritical tactics over the suit filed at the Supreme Court on full autonomy for local councils.
12 Jun 2024
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, yesterday, lamented that there is hunger in the land, stressing that the issues of local council autonomy, return to the old National Anthem and other non-essential issues should not be the priority of the country but how to make the country more productive to engender economic development.
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