The Federal Government of Nigeria has inaugurated a high-powered committee to enforce the Supreme Court’s judgment granting financial autonomy to Local Governments.
The 10-man Inter-Ministerial Committee, chaired by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, was inaugurated on Tuesday to ensure Local Governments are granted full autonomy, allowing them to function effectively without control from State Governments.
The committee’s mandate is to implement the Supreme Court’s 11 July 2024 judgment, which recognised Local Governments as the third tier of government, entitled to financial autonomy.
The committee members include the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi; Honourable Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu; and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso.
Others are the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein; Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Okokon Udo; Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Muhammed Shehu; representative of State Governors; and representative of local governments
“This move is in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR efforts to give appropriate implementation to the provisions of the Constitution, which recognises local governments as the third tier of government,” Segun Imohiosen, Director of Information and Public Relations, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said in a statement on Monday.
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