S'court gives governors 7 days to file defence in LG autonomy suit

The supreme court has ordered governors of the 36 states of the federation to file their respective defences to a suit instituted against them by the federal government.marked SC/CV/343/2024, the federal government is seeking full autonomy for the country’s 774 local governments.

At the court session on Thursday, a seven-member panel of the apex court also ordered the governors, who were represented by the state attorneys-general, to file their responses to the originating summons within seven days.The court also ordered Lateef Fagbemi, attorney-general of the federation , to file his response within two days after receiving the responses of the states.

The supreme court held that filing of all processes and exchanging of same must be completed before June 10.Lawal ordered that the eight states that were not in attendance during Thursday’s proceedings must be served with fresh hearing notices. In the suit filed by Fagbemi, the federal government also requested the supreme court to authorise the direct transfer of funds from the federation account to local governments — in accordance with the constitution.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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