The supreme court has stripted the federal government's power to regulate and register hotels in states. The lagos state government and the federal government has been in a long drawn battle for six years over the issue and lagos has finally won. Reacting to the ruling the lagos state government hailed the supreme court ruling and said over the years lagos has lost over 45 billion naira to the federal governmet. With over 3000 hotels including five stars and four stars hotels, lagos has the most hotels in the country but looses all their registration and levies to the federal government. The lagos state government said the ruling will herald a new age for tourism in lagos and a new source of income for the government. Meanwhile critics say this one another example of the lagos state government garthering too much power for itself and further decentralizing the nation.

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I think there is absolutely nothing Economically, Politically and Constitutionally wrong if a States decides to leverage on its internal resources to generate revenue. Lagos is perhaps the most populated, economically viable state in Nigeria. it is fast-growing and needs more than a handful from the FG to sustain this growth. it needs to start looking at other sources that it can maximize to sustain this growth otherwise it will collapse under its own weight.

Excellent judgment from the supreme court.

Good ruling. Shame the FG, since 1999, has been led by insecure 'accidental' Presidents who never want Lagos to show up their own ineptitude, indolence, lack of vision, innate dearth of administrative talent and dedication to retrogressive gradualism/stagnation.

I welcome this ruling and hope to see more like it because this will mean an incompetent and vengeful FG will not continue to get its way holding every State/region back and, by implication, miring everyone in underdevelopment. Letting all States and region gain more power and control over socio-economic activities within their own border is the way to go. Great news.

Lagos still has untapped potentials that'll boost the state's economy.

Step by step, Lagos State is leaving the rest behind.

We dnt receive the 13% allocation, and u still wan steal from our little earnings. The feds dey mad ni?

Federal government of Nigeria has demonstrated its cluelessness by fighting Lagos State over registration fees and levies on hotels. Lagos is not the only city or state in Nigeria where federal government as of foolishness concentrated certain economic infrastructures in Lagos. Port Harcourt or even Warri can give Lagos a run for its money if federal government has solid economic policies on the ground. Why should I fly to Lagos or ship to Lagos instead of Port Harcourt if enabling and comparative facilities are situated in Port Harcourt?