On Thursday, the Supreme Court prohibited governors from dissolving democratically elected local government councils. In a landmark ruling, the court stated that such actions violate the 1999 Constitution, emphasizing that the governors had wasted their time with the suit.
Newspot previously reported that the Supreme Court granted financial autonomy to all 774 local government councils across the country.
In the lead judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the court criticized governors for their long-standing refusal to grant autonomy to local governments.
