
LG Autonomy: Supreme Court Reserve Judgement On FG’s Suit Against 36 Governors
(LG Autonomy): Supreme Court Reserve Judgement On FG’s Suit Against 36 Governors The Supreme Court has reserved its judgement on the suit the Federal Government filed to secure full autonomy for the 774 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in the country. A seven-man panel of the court, led by Justice Garba Lawal, on Thursday, okayed the matter for judgement, after governors of the 36 States of the Federation, through their respective Attorney-Generals, adopted their briefs of argument. The states, in separate preliminary objections they filed before the apex court, sought the dismissal of the suit with substantial cost. They contended that…