Tag: Local Government Chairmen

LG chairmen, councillors to enjoy 4yr tenure — Supreme Court

Aminu Imam
Supreme Court in LGs

The Nigerian Supreme Court has, in a landslide judgement on local government autonomy, ordered that the four-year tenure enjoyed by executives be extended to the offices of all local government area (LGA) chairmen and councillors across the country. This is contained in the Certified True Copy (CTC) of a judgement delivered by Justice Mohammed Garba and six other Justices on May 11, 2024. According to Garba, some States have, by their various illegal actions, starved the local government councils in their States to the extent that most of them cannot…

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Insecurity: ‘Govs, LG chairmen pocket over N375bn security vote annually despite worsening situation’ – Report

Aminu Imam

By Aminu Imam, with agency report It has been revealed that State governors and local government chairmen in the 36 States of the Federation collect a whopping sum of N375 billion annually in the name of security votes, an act not provided for in the Nigerian Constitution or any known law in the country. According to reported figures, this amount excludes those collected annually by the President, Vice-President, the leadership of the National and States’ House of Assemblies, Ministers and other top government officials. According to the reported figures, across the…

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