NewStats: 3,262,239 , 8,176,566 topics. Date: Sunday, 01 June 2025 at 02:07 PM 3a2z1f

Federal govt gave States deadlines to conduct LG elections and as soon as the deadline expires, nthe FG will do the needful.

FG self dey do high level yahoo.

many states are still using caretakers and those who conducted thier elections did a woeful election.

RZArecta:
That supreme court judgement was specifically designed to frustrate Fubara but since it didn't work, there's no need to implement it again

you're right

Nigeria is collapsing.... Mad Max Country

Sonoyom:
But some retards on Twitter are asking SIM to obey court order, meanwhile their lord and saviour is disregarding the landmark judgment of the supreme court.


Proper clowns.

I tell you my brother. Bunch of irredeemable idiots

Man102:


Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/fg-fails-to-pay-allocations-directly-to-lg-s-months-after-supreme-court-ruling/

Not surprising.....give giving dem lamba but continue status quo

Same pattern in minimum wage
Local govt allocation
Nysc
And the list continues
But they are quick to begin deduction when you transfer above 10k
They and quick to implement import duties increase
They are quick to widen the tax net

Man102:


Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/fg-fails-to-pay-allocations-directly-to-lg-s-months-after-supreme-court-ruling/

There was a political solution for states to conduct LGA elections so that money can be paid directly to the LGA and the president and the governors agreed to a 3 months or more to enable those states without elected LGA chairman get their elections done.

Man102:


Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/fg-fails-to-pay-allocations-directly-to-lg-s-months-after-supreme-court-ruling/

I heard somewhere that the respective SG went into agreement with the FG to give them a 3 month window of grace and I think that window from the time the judgment was elapses October or November ending then all LG allocations will go into the LG s.

But if for any other reason other than that except they want to say that the amendment of the constitution has to come first concerning the full autonomy of LGC then it's a welcome idea.
Nevertheless it's about time the judiciary starts revisiting certain judicial judgment and make turnarounds.

But sincerely speaking, what is tge noise about LGA autonomy. From the breakdown of the allocation, LGAs will be getting N329bn, we have 774 LGAs, averagely, each will get N435m. Can this even pay there salary especially their numerous ghost workers.

The good thing i see about it is tgat it will solve ghost wotkers issue as the LGA chaitman will be in charge and know everyone to their home and can easily walk into any office at anytime. They will definitely drop many workers that are always idle doing nothing, reporting only once or twice a week, gossiping about every trending news.

They will still want to do one or two projects, so they will have to cut down on unnecessary expenses.

I even feel this is one of the issue OTTI of Abia state is having with them. Having numerous people on the payroll with nothing to show for it. Come for capturing and verification, they won't come. Just idling away at the LGA Secretariat.

Infact I feel this LGA autonomy will allow State Government to work more as tge burden of paying the LGA workers will leave them and they will concentrate on various state ministries only which will be manageable.

I think this is the reason why many of them are approving the 70k minimum wage now. This are people that many of them weren't even paying the previous 30k minimum wage

Anyway shaa make God shaa help us in this country

happney65:
Did we not tell you it won't work? So why is the FG who was the plaintiff not able to start the payment ASAP? Because they put the cat before the horse.

The money they receive from Abuja is mostly not enough to even pay salaries of primary school teachers.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/federal-allocation-cant-cover-lgs-wage-bills-algon/%3famp

Yes you heard it right. It is the states that come to bail them out every month. As in every freaking month. That is the reason why since 1999 every state has been the one taking care of its LG. Before then LG used to owe salaries and pensions and everything..

The solution to this is let there be true restructing and the states in charge of their resources. In this way,they will be able to take care of the LG the more not all these giving LG stipends that cannot even take care of salaries not to talk of capital projects

You are selling snake oil to have the ugly status quo remain.
Rural Local Government Areas have remained the bushes without government presence since the state governors started to ambush the allocations of the Local Government Counccils. State governors build showmanship projects like flyovers, International Conference centres, etc in the state capital and steal the rest of the state and local govt allocations. In most of the states, you may think that the state capital is all there is for modern development in the state.

.BATists..defenders of rascalities..In the mud again..

..the breakfast would surely go round..

Oga,don't do like you don't read news . Federal government gave 3 months notice to end October 31st and that's why states have been rushing to do local government elections. From next month, no lga executives, no lga allocation, thanks and God bless

happney65:
Did we not tell you it won't work? So why is the FG who was the plaintiff not able to start the payment ASAP? Because they put the cat before the horse.

The money they receive from Abuja is mostly not enough to even pay salaries of primary school teachers.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/federal-allocation-cant-cover-lgs-wage-bills-algon/%3famp

Yes you heard it right. It is the states that come to bail them out every month. As in every freaking month. That is the reason why since 1999 every state has been the one taking care of its LG. Before then LG used to owe salaries and pensions and everything..

The solution to this is let there be true restructing and the states in charge of their resources. In this way,they will be able to take care of the LG the more not all these giving LG stipends that cannot even take care of salaries not to talk of capital projects

Salewa97:
Toh

The LGs should be receiving their allocations directly by next month. They are still working on the modalities

How will Lagos State do it? That's why there's delay. Will they pay to the constitution recognized 20 LGs or the unrecognized 57 or so LCDAs

BarrElChapo:
Tinubu will go down as the worst president ever whether he stays for 4 or 8 years

He is the worst president Nigeria has ever had

anonimi:


Please what is our major problem at this point

Revenue.. We need revenue we to give capital to our most productive people so they can earn more to pay more tax

Democracy in our own system is promoting illegality,this is a blatant disobedience to rule of law they are singing,in the south south Local government is some persons' ATMs.When you don't have a decent democratic system at the local level it is opaque as usual,Mr President is using the local government allocation saga to coercing the selfish and multi-purposed corruption laden governors to buy into his second term covenant.It is not that they meant well for local areas.Know this and know peace.

Rule of law exists only on paper in Nigeria. Judiciary has been desecrated for years and hope of common man is truly a mirage. This is a monumental impunity by the State Actors.

RZArecta:
That supreme court judgement was specifically designed to frustrate Fubara but since it didn't work, there's no need to implement it again

I think I strongly agree with you 💯

mrvitalis:
So Nigeria made less than a billion dollars for 200 million people for a whole month

1.2 trillion

And people think infrastructure is our number one problem at this point

Sad... Sad...

And some clowns said revenue has increased
See the forex differentials

The distributable revenue comprised N124.716 billion in statutory revenue, N543.518 billion in Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue, N18.445 billion in Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) revenue, N462.191 billion in Exchange Difference revenue, and N150.000 billion in augmentation.

Man102:


Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/fg-fails-to-pay-allocations-directly-to-lg-s-months-after-supreme-court-ruling/

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This report seems a bit premature. If the Supreme Court judgement was declared July 2024 and the federal government gave a 3 month deadline for issues to be sorted before direct payment into local government .
It follows that the 3 months as not elapsed as at September, when the FAAC Payment was made",
Secondly, 3 months from July should end in October 2024.

The report does not give any indication when the 3 months grace period was offered by the Federal government? The reporter missed out some crucial information. For example, the statement from the govrt could have been after July when the supreme Court judgement was made.

Besides, not all states in the federation has completed or conducted local government election yet as directed by the Court.. Some states are due for elections in November 2024.

People live in local areas and therefore development must start from grassroot.

People who resides in local government areas know their needs and are better placed to decide and direct the needed development and infrastructure.

It creates ability as the leaders are not detached from the people..A local government chairman that fails to fix a dilapilated school knows the day the roof collapses and causes a casualty, the local mob will be marching to his house to remonstrate. .

I believe the autonomy of the local govts is key for ability, which drives development, competence, transparency and mitigates the tyranny of nepotism and Godfatherism.

When you begin to pay tax legitimately you will ensure that an incompetent family member, religious or political associates does not occupy a position of influence and power that ruins your interest and affairs.

If every Nigerian was able, corruption and incompetence will not be an abstract spirit that cannot be address.

Corruption is created and practiced by people. Punish people for their corrupt practices and you mitigate corruption and lack of development.

Development starts from the local level. Anything that improves governance and self automomy empowers and impacts the graasroor directly.

Local government elections and financial autonomy would no doubt be a mess in the next/first 4 or 6 years.. However, it would eventually come true when it becomes competitive and out of the powers of the state Governors as local government aspirants will be able to lobby for votes on their sef credentials and personal integrity.

Slowly and surely we will develop our infrastructure and local government chairman runs its budgets, finds creative ways to generate revenue either by tax or value creation and then uses the income to build local infrastructure such as roads, schools, hopital, farms, youth and sport centres and then specialised on a particular area of advantage. For example, a local government in Delta state seems able to attract females into athletics.

I hope as a nation will grow from the local level up!!!!

wunmi590:


FG might not purposely sideline them, if they want to do that, they won't even pay it into their state t ...

I guess the LG has not made the necessary things the FG ask the LG, for them to get the payment directly to their ... Fingers crossed I believe the FG will do the needful very soon.

SEE ME SEE EMOTIONAL AND PERSONAL VIEW WITHOUT EVIDENCE.... OUR MUMU GO GET FULL STOP ONE DAY

Sapeleomi:

_________----_-___________________------____________

This report seems a bit premature. If the Supreme Court judgement was declared July 2024 and the federal government gave a 3 month deadline for issues to be sorted before direct payment into local government .
It follows that the 3 months as not elapsed as at September, when the FAAC Payment was made",
Secondly, 3 months from July should end in October 2024.

The report does not give any indication when the 3 months grace period was offered by the Federal government? The reporter missed out some crucial information. For example, the statement from the govrt could have been after July when the supreme Court judgement was made.

Besides, not all states in the federation has completed or conducted local government election yet as directed by the Court.. Some states are due for elections in November 2024.

People live in local areas and therefore development must start from grassroot.

People who resides in local government areas know their needs and are better placed to decide and direct the needed development and infrastructure.

It creates ability as the leaders are not detached from the people..A local government chairman that fails to fix a dilapilated school knows the day the roof collapses and causes a casualty, the local mob will be marching to his house to remonstrate. .

I believe the autonomy of the local govts is key for ability, which drives development, competence, transparency and mitigates the tyranny of nepotism and Godfatherism.

When you begin to pay tax legitimately you will ensure that an incompetent family member, religious or political associates does not occupy a position of influence and power that ruins your interest and affairs.

If every Nigerian was able, corruption and incompetence will not be an abstract spirit that cannot be address.

Corruption is created and practiced by people. Punish people for their corrupt practices and you mitigate corruption and lack of development.

Development starts from the local level. Anything that improves governance and self automomy empowers and impacts the graasroor directly.

Local government elections and financial autonomy would no doubt be a mess in the next/first 4 or 6 years.. However, it would eventually come true when it becomes competitive and out of the powers of the state Governors as local government aspirants will be able to lobby for votes on their sef credentials and personal integrity.

Slowly and surely we will develop our infrastructure and local government chairman runs its budgets, finds creative ways to generate revenue either by tax or value creation and then uses the income to build local infrastructure such as roads, schools, hopital, farms, youth and sport centres and then specialised on a particular area of advantage. For example, a local government in Delta state seems able to attract females into athletics.

I hope as a nation will grow from the local level up!!!!

Do you think LG funds which is less than one third of total govt revenue will do what states and FG that take over 70% of the revenue couldn't do?

https://arafattelecom.com.ng/mobile//?referral=09166215185

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"If any other law is inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution, this Constitution shall prevail, and that other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void". (S. 1: sub. S. 3 1999 Constitution)

In the light of the above provisions of the constitution, I think the supreme Court erred in its judgement.
LGA creation, composition, and istration is clearly spelt out in the constitution and if there should be any form of variation, the constitution should be a place to run to for such adjustment by the reason of amendment.
As part of the functions of the Judiciary, which is where the supreme Court falls into, it is primarily stated that its major function shall be to interprete the constitution and not amend nor repeal any part of it thereof.
The national assembly should be the principal body in charge with this duty of amendment.
All that is expected of the supreme Court was to have recommended to the national assembly and not to outrightly repeal the constitution outrightly.

(Sec. 1, Sub. S. 6), the entire Sec. 7 and the third schedule of the 1999 constitution which created the LGAs and it system of istration never gave the duty to alter its structure to any institution in Nigeria.

The only way out of this is to amend that part of the constitution by the national assembly that gave room to a t between the state and the LGAs and the powers of control and funding vested on the states over LGAs.

Even if the ruling is implemented it still amount to abuse of the Nigerian court process.

It would take effect from November.
Every state is expected to have concluded it LG election by October.

BarrElChapo:
Tinubu will go down as the worst president ever whether he stays for 4 or 8 years

Only if him stays alive by then...

The man is so sick...

DARLYNBOI:



SEE ME SEE EMOTIONAL AND PERSONAL VIEW WITHOUT EVIDENCE.... OUR MUMU GO GET FULL STOP ONE DAY

The guy you quoted is right.
The new law would be implemented from next month.

DARLYNBOI:



SEE ME SEE EMOTIONAL AND PERSONAL VIEW WITHOUT EVIDENCE.... OUR MUMU GO GET FULL STOP ONE DAY

I'm not part of the people whobare ing this present istration, with this untold hardship everywhere, but I feel if the government want to corner the money, they wouldn't have paid it to state , it would have been deducted..

Do you know that majority of them are not even entitled to the money, according to the new law, until they have a duly elected LG chairmen begore the money will be disbursed...

I no dey let bitter politics becloud my sense of reasoning, I criticised constructively, the one that is good I give kudos and the one that is bad, I say it with my full chest...