The Federal Government has filed a lawsuit against the thirty-six state governors before the Supreme Court, aiming to enforce the autonomy of the nation’s local governments.
The suit, marked SC/CV/343/2024, was filed on May 20 by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), on behalf of the federal government.
In the legal action, the federal government seeks an order from the Apex Court to prohibit state governors from unilaterally, arbitrarily, and unlawfully dissolving democratically elected local government leaders.
Additionally, the federal government is requesting the Supreme Court to allow funds allocated to local governments to be directly disbursed to them from the federation account, in accordance with constitutional provisions, rather than through the allegedly unlawful joint accounts created by governors.
The suit also calls for an order stopping governors from appointing caretaker committees to manage local government affairs, asserting that this practice contravenes the constitutionally guaranteed democratic system.
Furthermore, the federal government seeks an injunction to restrain governors and their agents from receiving, spending, or interfering with funds released from the Federation Account for the benefit of local governments in the absence of a democratically elected local government system in the states.
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