(By our editors)
The supreme Court judgement on local government autonomy has thrown states in further confusion as Governors rush to conduct elections into Local Governement Councils.
While Adamawa and Delta states rushed against time to hold Council Polls on Saturday 13th July 2024,Bauchi,Kaduna and Kogi States fix Local Government polls between August and October 2024.
Other states where preparations are in top gear for the conduct of elections are Rivers, Jigawa, Imo, Anambra, Abia, Katsina, Kebbi, Benue states.
Sources indicate that no fewer than 14 states have fixed dates for Local Government elections in the aftermath of last Thursday’s Supreme Court judgement which prohibited federal allocation to council being administered by caretaker committees and Heads of Local Governement Administration across the country.
The Supreme Court had declared it unconstitutional for state governors to hold funds allocated for the local government councils.
In the judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the seven-man panel held that the 774 local government councils in the country should manage their funds themselves.
The court delivered the landmark judgment in suit: SC/CV/343/2024, filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) against the 36 state governors.
The apex court declared that the government is divided into three tiers: federal, state, and local governments.
The court further asserted that the use of a caretaker committee by the state governments to administer the local government violated the 1999 Constitution hence the rush to conduct the elections.
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