Tuesday, April 28, 2026
FB X LI YT
Breaking
“Stay out of Oyo affairs” — Think Yoruba First fires warning at Nonentity Igbo group over comments on Olubadan stool, political matters “Genocidal and diabolical” — Think Yoruba First blasts Farooq Kperogi over claims that Ilorin, Shao, Jebba are not Yoruba towns 🇳🇬📚 Ridwan Ajayi emerges new NANS JCC Lagos chairman after 5-5 tiebreaker vote — 10 tertiary institutions participated 🇳🇬📜 130 CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS PETITION KWARA GOVERNOR OVER DELAY OF BAALE’S UPGRADE LETTER — ACCUSE COMMISSIONER OF BLOCKING ELEVATION ON OBAS’ ORDERS! 🇳🇬🎀 RIHANNA WEARS YORUBA GELE — A Global Icon Embraces Our Heritage, Proving Gele Will Never Be Reduced to a Slur! 🇳🇬🔥 FAVORITISM UNMASKED: Seyi Tinubu Empowers Imo Youth With Freezers, Gives Yorubaland Rice and Foodstuffs That Will Finish in a Week — Is It Because His Wife Is Igbo? The first revelation landed like a thunderbolt. Ella, the face of the campaign against Omotoso, had privately apologized to him. That apology never made it online. According to the Commissioner, it was omitted because it did not serve what he described as a calculated clout-chasing agenda. The public was fed a version of events designed to provoke outrage, not inform discourse. 🇳🇬💔 2000 KADUNA RELIGIOUS CRISIS: When Sharia Introduction Sparked Bloodshed — Over 500 Feared Dead, Churches, Mosques, Businesses Razed!
NEWS

FG establishes 10-Man committee to enforce Local Government autonomy

November 5, 2024 • 1 min read

November 05, 2024

By Ayinde Adeleke

The Federal Government has taken another bold step towards empowering LG by inaugurating a 10-man inter-ministerial committee.

This move follows the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment on July 11, 2024, granting financial autonomy to Nigeria’s 774 local government councils.

The committee, chaired by Secretary to the Government of the Federation Senator George Akume, comprises:

  1. Hon. Minister of Finance & Coordinating Minister of the Economy
  2. Attorney General of the Federation & Minister of Justice
  3. Hon. Minister of Budget & Economic Planning
  4. Accountant General of the Federation
  5. Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria
  6. Permanent Secretary (Federal Ministry of Finance)
  7. Chairman, Revenue Mobilization Allocation & Fiscal Commission
  8. Representative of State Governors
  9. Representative of Local Governments

The committee’s primary goal is to ensure local governments function effectively without interference from state governments, aligning with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s efforts to implement constitutional provisions recognizing local governments as the third tier of government.

This development is expected to bridge any interference in the apex court verdict and solidify the existence of local government authorities.

However, granting full autonomy would allow local governments to manage their funds independently, fostering good governance and development at the grassroots level.