FG inaugurates committee to enforce Supreme court judgment

The Federal Government has inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Committee to enforce the Supreme Court judgement granting financial autonomy to local governments in Nigeria.

Sen. George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), inaugurated the committee on Tuesday in Abuja.

The SGF said the primary goal of the committee is to ensure that local government councils are granted full autonomy.

Akume added that the committee will ensure that the local government councils function effectively without interference from state governments.

The committee chaired by the SGF has the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, the Attorney General of the Federation, the Minister of Justice, and the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning as members.

Other members of the committee are the Accountant General of the Federation, Central Bank Governor, Permanent Secretary (Federal Ministry of Finance), Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation, & Fiscal Commission.

The committee also included representatives of state governors and representatives of local governments as members.

According to Akume, the move is in line with President Bola Tinubu’s efforts to give appropriate implementation to the provisions of the Constitution, which recognises local governments as the third tier of government.