Chief Whip of the Senate, Mohammed Ali Ndume, on Friday, hailed the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for ‘liberating’
Local Government Councils from suffocation in the hands of governors.
In its lead judgment, read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the highest court in Nigeria, observed that the refusal of State Governments to guarantee financial autonomy for Local Governments has gone on for over two decades. In a statement, Ndume described the judgment as the biggest achievement of President Tinubu so far since he assumed office in May 2023.
He said: “This court action instituted at the behest of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the biggest achievement of his achievement. I’m very happy about the development, and I’m hoping that this will be the beginning of the liberation of local governments in Nigeria.
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