NaijaphiliaBlog:
The planned financial autonomy for Nigeria’s 3rd tier of government takes effect this month, January 2025.

In readiness for this, a dedicated unit has been created in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, to handle direct disbursement of funds to the 774 Local Governments (LGs) across the country.

Also, the first meeting of the country’s Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) for this year has been scheduled for Wednesday 15 January 2025, and it is expected to focus on operational details for direct fund allocations to the LGAs.

BACKSTORY

On 11 July 2024, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, in the case of Attorney General of the Federation versus Attorney General of Abia State & 35 Others, reinforced the autonomy of Local Governments in Nigeria, affirming their status as a distinct 3rd tier of government.

The court ordered that Local Governments be paid directly from the Federation Account.


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Peakdesign23:
This is massive for them.

Peakdesign23:
This is massive for them.

magoo10:
What is the essence of one APC governor can wake up and suspend all local government chairmen and nothing happens. Is that not enough to indirectly control how the funds are used

Bullet4thiefnub:
Local government chairmen go live large this period more than ever , they will live in their state capitals or Abuja or Lagos and rule from there , LGA officials go become kings again and treat teachers like dirt paying them whatever they like , Nigeria was created deliberately to keep the black ppl in Africa down

chatinent:
Let's see who will work and who will embezzle...because every leader feels any sum coming to the office is for him.

Also, the burden on the FG will be reduced! If your LG is bad, it's the fault of your LG chairman, before the state gov, and before the FG.

JapaNinja:


Na so?

But Supreme Court say no kudi for LG wey no get elected officials o.

magoo10:
What is the essence if one APC governor can wake up and suspend all local government chairmen and nothing happens. Is that not enough to indirectly control how the funds are used

magoo10:
what does the law say about removing a local government chairman let's watch the magic wey edo state APC government dey do na cos it is obvious most governors will use the scenerio as a threat to local government chairmen in their various states.

magoo10:
let's watch the magic wey edo state APC government dey do na cos it is obvious most governors will use the scenerio as a threat to local government chairmen in their various states.

Bullet4thiefnub:
Local government chairmen go live large this period more than ever , they will live in their state capitals or Abuja or Lagos and rule from there , LGA officials go become kings again and treat teachers like dirt paying them whatever they like , Nigeria was created deliberately to keep the black ppl in Africa down

Georgry:



Stop spreading fake news, the Governor has no such power, he folded when the pressure was too much, what he later did was using the councillors to remove the chairmen which is although very wrong but constitutional, but we are still in the early days of this local government autonomy which means in the future it will become much more harder to remove this Chairmen as they settle in and build a structure for themselves, there was a time when Obasanjo was influencing house of assemblies to remove any governor he doesn't like, what's much more difficult for any president to do now.

chatinent:
Let's see who will work and who will embezzle...because every leader feels any sum coming to the office is for him.

Also, the burden on the FG will be reduced! If your LG is bad, it's the fault of your LG chairman, before the state gov, and before the FG.

chatinent:
Let's see who will work and who will embezzle...because every leader feels any sum coming to the office is for him.

Also, the burden on the FG will be reduced! If your LG is bad, it's the fault of your LG chairman, before the state gov, and before the FG.

magoo10:
always wailing fake news ,their impeachment followed the suspension abi what is this one saying.
Will the early reckless action not make governors influence the activities of the local government chairmen or not?
Take it or leave the local government autonomy is already being bastardized by the irresponsible deceitful APC government.

Georgry:


Rome was not built in a day, the difference between you and many other achievers is that while you're pessimistic and shortsighted, people are looking very deep into the future and they know that with long term strategic planning everything will be fine.

I'm in Edo state, when the Edo state government announced their suspension the chairmen went to court and they were Swiftly reinstated, I can tell you this because I pass through Etsakor West LGA secretariat almost every day, when they were reinstated the government did the constitutional thing, which is remove the Chairmen with the councillors which is totally legal, in the long run the third tier of government will become more powerful and very competitive with financial autonomy, give it 5 years and allow the system to work then you can criticise, or what would you rather want the government to do? To not do anything at all?

magoo10:
and he is already removing them.
Can the governor actually use councillors to remove lg chairmen? You said yes and for me I don't need any other epistle to conclude that the lg autonomy under the APC is a charade .
The lg autonomy was received by Nigerians as a great news but it is now obvious the useless party will make mess of it.
See there is no leadership in Nigeria presently but nothing you fit tell me.

Georgry:



I understand that you're an opposition but please we must opt out of this firefighter approach to things in Nigeria, governors of Plateau, Oyo, Anambra, Anambra and Ekiti were removed in the early 2000s, their impeachment was greatly influenced by the President at that time, today it's much more harder to pull that off.

Kemetian:


Same way it operates in the US, UK etc.

In those places, when something goes wrong with the infrastructure, eg bad roads (which they also have), people blame their local council or county.

In Nigeria we blame the President.

commoditiesnig:
This will be massive news for grassroot development

Real development should begin from the Local govt.. Exactly what's applicable overseas

commoditiesnig:
This will be massive news for grassroot development

Real development should begin from the Local govt.. Exactly what's applicable overseas

T9ksy:
774 Lgs ke? What about the ones under the control of the various terroist groups in the northern part of the country?