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High Court Upholds Injunction of Oyo LG Chairmen to Remain in Office

Note: we just learnt this is an old injunction as this injunction was not granted on Monday June 3, 2019. Sorry if we have misled you. Thanks… By Adeola Badru An Oyo State High Court on Monday, granted the chairmen in the 33 local government areas in the state an injunction to uphold their tenure…

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Local Government autonomy already passed into law, says Senator Sani

Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District on Saturday disclosed that the long awaited bill on local government autonomy has been passed into law. According to him, the Nigerian Senate has passed the long awaited bill for Local Government Area Autonomy into an act, with the assent of the president, Muhammadu Buhari. He added…

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States may lose control of LGAs as NFIU monopolize Local Govt allocation

Governors may lose control of local government funds from the Federation Account, going by the new Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) guidelines. The Joint Account System in place in most states will only exist for the receipt of allocations but not disbursement, according to the guidelines. Besides, each of the 774 local government areas may…

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