LG autonomy: Governors must obey Supreme Court – Onanuga

Presidential media assistant Bayo Onanuga has urged governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Babagana Zulum (Borno) and other state leaders to comply with the Supreme Court’s verdict granting full autonomy to local governments.

He made this known in a post via his official X handle on Thursday.

Following the Supreme Court’s verdict on Thursday, which mandates that all LGAs receive their monthly allocations directly into their accounts, he advised the governors not to misuse the financial autonomy granted to the local councils.

The Nigerian state governors should not see the Supreme Court judgement granting financial autonomy to the local councils as an affront,” he said.

Posting a photo of Sanwo-Olu, Zulum and other governors, Onanuga said: “The governors must allow the councils to breathe and flourish again. It is in their best interest to ensure that the judgement is fully implemented in their domains.”

He pointed out that although local government is a crucial tier of government, state governors have undermined and made them ineffective in the past 25 years.