Oyo state Governor Seyi Makinde has said the Supreme Court judgement granting autonomy to the local government councils across the country has created a lacuna between the decision and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He also said despite the verdict, the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) will still pay the local government allocations into the States/Local Governments Joint Account as stipulated in the 1999 Constitution. .
..What the Constitution says Section 162(3) of the Constitution stipulates that “Any amount standing to the credit of the Federation Account shall be distributed among the Federal and State Governments and the Local Government Councils in each State on such terms and in such manner as may be prescribed by the National Assembly.
” Specifically, Governor Makinde said the FAAC will, at its Tuesday (July, 16) meeting, delay the implementation of the decision for the next 90 days. The governor stated this at an emergency consultative stakeholders’ meeting in Ibadan, held at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s Office, during which he set up two committees namely technical and legal committee to review the apex court’s verdict. The committee was given four weeks to present her report to the government.
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