Federal Gov’t Inaugurates 10-Man Committee To Enforce Local Government Autonomy

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, has inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Committee to enforce the Supreme Court judgement delivered on 11th July 2024 granting financial autonomy to local governments in Nigeria.

According to a statement by the director of Information and Public Relations, Segun Imohiosen, the members of the committee are as follows:

“Secretary to the Government of the Federation – Chairman, Minister of Finance & Coordinating Minister of the Economy -Member, Attorney General of the Federation & Minister of Justice – Member; Minister of Budget & Economic Planning and Accountant General of the Federation.

Others are the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the permanent secretary (Federal Ministry of Finance), chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation & Fiscal Commission, and representative of state governors and local governments.

He said 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 Ahmed Tinubu, efforts to give appropriate implementation to the provisions of the Constitution, which recognises local governments as the third tier of government,” he added.