The Supreme Court has liberated the local government system from the grip of some Governors as it has declared as illegal for Governors to dissolve democratically elected Local Government Chairmen.
The apex court also ordered the Federal Government to henceforth, withhold allocations to Local Governments governed by unelected officials appointed by the Governor.
The Supreme Court also barred the Federal Government from further paying LG allocations through the State Governments since the practice has been abused by Governors, who retain the funds and utilise them as they please to the detriment of the LGAd for which the monies are meant.
The pronouncements were made in the ongoing judgment of the Supreme Court in the LG autonomy suit filed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi SAN on behalf is the Fed Govt.