LGA Autonomy: No Going Back on Supreme Court Judgement – Attorney General to Governors

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has called on the State Governors to obey and implement with immediate effect, the Supreme Court judgment on the autonomy of the Local Government.
This is even as he made it clear that the judgment won’t be overturned.

Speaking in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Tuesday, October 22, Fagbemi made it clear that the Supreme Court’s judgment is non-negotiable and must be respected by state governors.
 
According toFagbemi , there is no three-month grace period for the implementation of the apex court’s judgment but that the federal government won’t rush in implementing the court’s judgment.

Fagbemi said: “Unfortunately, I know it has been in the media that they gave them (the governors) a three-month moratorium, which is not the position.

“The position is that, yes, the judgment was delivered, but we felt that there is a need to put some things in place before the full implementation. That it is going to be implemented is sacrosanct; nobody can run away from it.

“Are they going to rewrite the judgment of the Supreme Court? Once we have the full details of their law, we will act accordingly.
“There is no such moratorium. The judgment was passed, but we acknowledged the need to establish certain frameworks before full implementation. Nonetheless, implementation is compulsory, and no one can avoid it.”
 
It would be recalled that the Senate recently made it clear at the floor that the Supreme Court judgment on the autonomy of the LGA should be followed and implemented to its fullest by the Governors .
Speaking at the floor of the Senate, the Senator representing Imo West, Senator Osita Izunaso argued that the State House Houses of Assembly should make no laws,that would see to opening another account where the Local Government allocations should go to other than that of the Local Governments.

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