The Federal Government has set up a 10-member committee to enforce the Supreme Court judgment on the local council autonomy.
The apex court on July 11 delivered the judgement that granted total autonomy to the 774 local government areas in the country.
The Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Segun Imohiosen, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
The committee is headed by the SGF, George Akume.
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Members are the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, Accountant-General- General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso.
Others are the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance; Chairman, Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission; Representative of State Governors; and, Representative of Local Governments.
The statement read: “The committee’s primary goal is to ensure that local governments are granted full autonomy, allowing them to function effectively without interference from state governments.
“This move is in line with President Bola Tinubu’s efforts to give appropriate implementation to the provisions of the Constitution, which recognizes local governments as the third tier of government.”
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