Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials - Politics (6)

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Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by Advocatesam(f): 12:42pm On Jul 11, 2024

JUDGMENT ON LG "AUTONOMY" NOT YET UHURU. At best, it's pyrrhic victory, if I may say. Though am yet to read the full text of the judgement, but going by the brief summary of what one is reading in the media, this judgement may not stand the test of time. Not yet Uhuru!
1. Their Lordships of the Supreme Court, have neglected to take a cursory look at the provisions of Section 162 (5) and (6) making clear and unambiguous provisions that the LGs allocations will first go to the states and again, creating the Joint Allocation account, between the states and the LGs. Can we say the Supreme Court has, by this judgement, nullified or expunged this constitutional provisions by fiat?
2. The governors are the greatest obstacles to rapid development in the 774 LGs since the inception of this democratic experiment. I forsee them going back to the Supreme Court for a clear judicial interpretation of section 162 (5) and (6). And again, in the interim, I still forsee them finding a political succour to the issue at hand, kind of hoodwink the LG chairmen into submitting the funds in an arrangement that will never be clear to anyone.
3. My suggested panacea to the imbroglio: let there be a constitutional amendment that will expunge section 162 (5) and (6) and also section 197(1) of the 1999 constitution providing for States Independent Electoral Commissions. If this is achieved, then we can be talking of true autonomy for the LGs.

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Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by PointZerom: 12:43pm On Jul 11, 2024

anonymous1759:
Potopoto republic fellow, Ezhi 🐽🐽🐽 Ewu Gambia. Pandora that refused to conduct LGA election will not appreciate this kind of news .Abeg Tinubu give this people their 5 plots I can’t stand their nuisance.

Always ranting like Ebin pawa offspring. Anu mpama.

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by abah52: 12:44pm On Jul 11, 2024

Odidigboigbo:
Last last, the State Government will still find a way to collect the allocations sent to the LG back, since the elected LG officers are state governor's puppets. Just like giving money to a toddler and expect the mother not to collect it from him.

Exactly my thoughts

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by PointZerom: 12:44pm On Jul 11, 2024

Jonjam269:
You must be living in jungle not to know it was Tinubu idea.

You now agree that Tinubu has caged the judiciary. Anu ohia.

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by Ayk8: 12:45pm On Jul 11, 2024

Allee90:
This can not be implemented. Note this and remember me

if you bring 10 most righteous leaders to form ONE NIGERIAN PRESIDENT and this can't be implemented, there can't be even development. This is because, local government is more important to the PEOPLE than federal government. This is the way forward.

When the people begin to squeeze the neck of the LGA chairmen, the ELECTED chairmen will do the same to their governors which I believe gave birth to this ongoing transition.

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by bixton(m): 12:46pm On Jul 11, 2024

Odidigboigbo:
Where did you read this? My state is having LG election this weekend is being conducted by the state electoral service not INEC. Stop dishing fake news

Your comment just shows you've not actually been following up the processes. Please do well to search Google for it also from other links. The below ia just the few. Thanks.

https://authorityngr.com/2024/01/29/inec-empowered-to-conduct-elections-in-local-govts-as-national-assembly-grants-them-autonomy/

https://thestreetjournal.org/national-assembly-grants-autonomy-to-local-councils-amends-constitution-for-electoral-reforms/

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Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by Fujiyama: 12:47pm On Jul 11, 2024

Time will tell...

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by Benmsu: 12:49pm On Jul 11, 2024

Gradually the powers of the demigods called governors is being reduced.

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Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by bixton(m): 12:52pm On Jul 11, 2024

Odidigboigbo:
Last last, the State Government will still find a way to collect the allocations sent to the LG back, since the elected LG officers are state governor's puppets. Just like giving money to a toddler and expect the mother not to collect it from him.

This is likely possible but it will not last long.
You do know even successors of predecessors of governors go against agreements. Even if the governors using the council members to impeach the chairman, still it will not last long. There will be a time when majority will stand their ground. Remember LG chairman are not on pension like governors, so there will be a resistance.

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Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by Kog45(m): 12:53pm On Jul 11, 2024

Good decision,now to see highly intelligent people contesting for LG election not all these riffraff LG officials.

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Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by Phantom233: 12:53pm On Jul 11, 2024

Isaiah 7:7
So Long as the nigerian factor is involved this judgement is audio 🙄

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by dododawa1: 12:56pm On Jul 11, 2024

Only good news on nairaland

Today

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by senatordave1(m): 12:57pm On Jul 11, 2024

Odidigboigbo:
Where did you read this? My state is having LG election this weekend is being conducted by the state electoral service not INEC. Stop dishing fake news

APC should win ughelli, Ethiope,isoko south

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by senatordave1(m): 12:58pm On Jul 11, 2024

Blue3k:
The court legislated from the bench. Words don't mean what they say so laws mean whatever the robed ones say forever.

Exactly.in essence,section 162 sub 6 is deleted

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by gabicon: 12:58pm On Jul 11, 2024

SamuelOamen:
https://thenationonlineng.net/just-in-supreme-court-bars-fg-from-paying-allocations-to-lgs-with-unelected-officials/

This will severely weaken the governors.

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Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by Lifemanage: 12:59pm On Jul 11, 2024

Yankee101:
It’s the only way real development can happen. I hope it is implemented

For where? All local government chairman are thieves too...

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by mufadem2012: 1:01pm On Jul 11, 2024

This is a great achievement to the masses

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Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by sparko1(m): 1:02pm On Jul 11, 2024

ddippset:
He will not be in a hurry to conduct LGA elections.

Rivers State allocation is more than enough to fund the 27 LGAs and the remaining will still be more than many states allocations.

Fubara can fund his Caretaker chairmen from his own allocation for another 1 year, while he gets his structure right.

Rivers is not Bauchi or Kogi.. There is money.

Yeah, you forget the percentage.

Federal get 52%, normally the states get the rest 47% hence enough money, now state get 26 percent and local government get 20.8 or so, that is about 45 percent of what they usually get will be withheld by federal lol, you still think there is enough money.

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Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by anonymous1759(m): 1:03pm On Jul 11, 2024

PointZerom:
Always ranting like Ebin pawa offspring. Anu mpama.

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by commoditiesnig(m): 1:03pm On Jul 11, 2024

SamuelOamen:
https://thenationonlineng.net/just-in-supreme-court-bars-fg-from-paying-allocations-to-lgs-with-unelected-officials/

Very good and commendable. Victory for democracy

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by Ojuntana: 1:05pm On Jul 11, 2024

Fiscus105:
Its what supreme court judges say, that its law.

According to who? This is a slap on the constitution. The words of the constitution have literal meaning as long as they are not ambigous. There is no ambiguity in that section of the constitution

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by LCling: 1:06pm On Jul 11, 2024

Very positive from bulaba... I'm happy.

I'm sure Obi would have done same and more.

Nice one remove state inec too .only one inec should be

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by Ojuntana: 1:06pm On Jul 11, 2024

Blue3k:
The court legislated from the bench. Words don't mean what they say so laws mean whatever the robed ones say forever.

Where is the court getting the power to legislate from the bench?

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by sparko1(m): 1:06pm On Jul 11, 2024

Okoroawusa:
Stop talking rubbish. Virtually all states in Nigeria have no local government elected officials

Yeah but only one state try to disobey the president, you can believe what you want but, this law is meant to cripple state governor simple as ABC.

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by CaptainFM1: 1:08pm On Jul 11, 2024

Ebubu2:
What of LGA elections conducted by INEC ?

Local government election is conducted by the state not by INEC.

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by OkoYibo: 1:09pm On Jul 11, 2024

Advocatesam:
JUDGMENT ON LG "AUTONOMY" NOT YET UHURU. At best, it's pyrrhic victory, if I may say. Though am yet to read the full text of the judgement,

When you have read the full judgment, you can give an informed opinion. What is here are mere guesses founded on conjectures.

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by Mcreloaded(m): 1:13pm On Jul 11, 2024

The debts owed by these state governors will be shared between the LG and State or only the state will bear the debt.
Just asking for a friend who is a governor and has borrowed billions

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by Ebubu2: 1:18pm On Jul 11, 2024

vanitybutiwanti:
Who will pay LGA workers?

LG Chairman.

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by sagitariusbaby(m): 1:19pm On Jul 11, 2024

Bobby4090:
Fubara how far? How market?

it actually favours Fubara, the erstwhile chairmen have completed their tenure and Fubara has fixed date to elect new administrators. So he is winning even with this judgment.

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by MEGAWATCH: 1:21pm On Jul 11, 2024

muykem:
How many people have committed suicide in your family?

We are not the useless Tinubu government supporters from the west who has always been used as a sacrificial lamb.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by sagitariusbaby(m): 1:21pm On Jul 11, 2024

heniford2:
Rivers state governor in soup 😆😭 wike wife just dey press button up and down

how please? Their tenure has ended not that Fubara removed them, it was they that even wanted to go against the constitution by extending their own tenure.

Re: Supreme Court Bars FG From Paying Allocations To LGs With Unelected Officials by Fiscus105(m): 1:22pm On Jul 11, 2024

Ojuntana:
According to who? This is a slap on the constitution. The words of the constitution have literal meaning as long as they are not ambigous. There is no ambiguity in that section of the constitution

Ok ooo, keep on ranting, maybe you would head the panel that would reveiw the constitution, even in America, judges still pronounces according to their own wisdom, in paradging shift from letter of constitution.

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