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Okupe Faults Supreme Court, Declares Local Councils Are Not Federating Units

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Okupe Faults Supreme Court, Declares Local Councils Are Not Federating Units

Former Special Adviser to ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, Doyin Okupe, has said the Supreme Court ruling on local government autonomy on Thursday was wrong.Doyin Okupe said the local governments are not federating units of Nigeria. He said the ruling was an aberration and would create political confusion. Okupe on Thursday said local governments belonged to the…

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LG Autonomy Suit: Governors Get 7 days To File Response

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LG Autonomy Suit: Governors Get 7 days To File Response

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, ordered the Governors of the 36 States of the Federation, to within seven days, enter their defence to the suit the Federal Government filed to secure full autonomy for the 774 Local Government Areas, LGAs. The order followed an application that FG, through the Attorney General of the Federation and…

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