The Senate has expressed its full support for the Supreme Court’s judgement of 11 August 2024, which granted financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Councils across Nigeria.
During Wednesday’s plenary session, the Senate urged all three tiers of government to comply with the ruling and resolved to collaborate with the House of Representatives to amend specific provisions of the 1999 Constitution for effective implementation.
These resolutions followed motions sponsored by the Deputy President of the Senate, Jibrin Barau, and seconded by Senators Abdul Ningi and Tahir Monguno.
Barau said, “I move on behalf of this Senate, for the approval of two prayers in respect of the motion brought by Senator Tony Nwoye (Anambra North), thereby discarding the earlier prayers in the motion as presented by the mover.
