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January 8, 2026

LG Autonomy: Governors Vs. Supreme Court — The 774-Council Battle

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By NJORIGE LYNUS The Constitutional Chess Game Judicial Victory, Political Defeat? ON 11 July 2024, the Supreme Court delivered what many hailed as a watershed judgment: the abolishment in practice of the State–Local Government Joint Account and the directive that federal allocations be paid directly to all 774 councils. The ruling, championed by President Bola […]

January 7, 2026

From Verdict To Void: The Politics Strangling Local Government Autonomy

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By NJORIGE LYNUS A Democratic Reform Meets a Political Fortress THE Supreme Court’s 2024 autonomy ruling was designed to deliver Nigeria’s 774 councils from governors’ political dominance. The verdict offered councils direct federal funding, administrative independence, and legal protection from dissolution by state executives. But the governors responded not by […]