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FG Fails to Pay Allocations Directly to LG s Months After Supreme Court Ruling

The federal government, through the Federation s Allocation Committee (FAAC), has continued to pay allocations meant for local governments into t state and local government s.

This is despite the Supreme Court ruling in July, which ordered the Federal Government to make direct payments to local government s.

The latest payment, totalling N1.298 trillion for September 2024, was shared among federal, state, and local governments in Abuja on Thursday.

The Supreme Court Ruling in July directed the Federal Government to start direct payment of local governments’ monthly allocations into the individual s of the 774 local government councils. The ruling aimed to grant autonomy to local governments and ensure transparent governance.

However, shortly after the judgment was delivered, the Federal Government cited operational issues that needed to be sorted out before the direct payment could be implemented. A three-month window was created to resolve these issues. The moratorium elapsed last week although the government at the grassroots are yet to receive funding directly.

The September 2024 FAAC allocation totaled N1.298 trillion. The Federal Government received N424.867 billion, while the state governments received N453.724 billion. The local government councils received N329.864 billion, and N90.415 billion was allocated as derivation revenue.

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.

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

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

Dey carry LG goal goal

Issorite

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.

It has always been a lawless government with stark impunity for the rule of law.

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.

Lol.. Clowns.

I really wonder how this folks think 🤔

Very corrupt people

2027 fever

Hahahaha

Nigeria my lawless country

Some states would not allocate the share meant for the local government so far the judgement stands.

This has been long time due I case of dapo abiodun and the local government chairmen and how they had to seal up their mouth because allocation still through him

Politicians dont takes the court serious again

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

Efcc go Dey carry lg chairman now o

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...

Since apc took over, no respect for rule of law whatsoever, it's Shame

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

Cart b4 the horse

Na Nigeria we dey

The Federal Government should ignore the court ruling. Local governments are not even supposed to exist in the first place.

All the states that are crying should just go ahead and defund those local governments if they want to.

Toh

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

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

What positives has Tinubu been able to achieve since becoming the president of this country? 


You will never hear from the APC and Tinubu paid agents, BATerians screaming obey supreme court judgement

If the FG disregards court orders, how can it expect State Governors or others to follow the law? Truly, the head is the problem of the body.

Man102:


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

Man102:


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

All Promises Cancelled, APC.

Since 2015, how many of the oyoyo promises made by Tinubu and Buhari have been fulfilled?

What aspect of your life is better today than it was in 2015?

Emergingnation:
Flashback: How Bola Tinubu spoke highly of Buhari in 2015, named PDP ‘Poverty Development Party

National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu had during the presidential campaign in 2015, referred to President Muhammadu Buhari as the only solution for the security and economic challenges facing Nigeria.

During a mega presidential rally, the former governor of Lagos State recalled how some powerful nations in the world returned to army generals when they were challenged, saying “Major General Buhari would revive Nigeria’s economy”.

He named the current opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP as the “Poverty Development Party saying they had nothing to offer.

His words at the time were; “Every nation has a period of their own challenges, when America was challenged, they turned to one great man, their ex-military general, General Eisenhower. When the French were challenged, they turned to their general, Charles de Gaulle.

“When Britain was challenged, they turned to their general. Today, Nigeria is economically and physically challenged so we turn to General Muhammadu Buhari. He is the right man for the job. If you talk about military experience, he has it abundantly, he has courage, simplicity, he has it abundantly.

“If you talk about great determination, a combination of vision and ability to perform, honesty and integrity, he has it abundantly.

“I laugh when the incapable government, ‘Poverty Development Party’ PDP were talking. They have nothing again to say, they now want to question the qualifications of General Buhari and look for his certificate”.

Following the manifestos in 2015 which projected the APC presidential candidate as a ‘saviour’, Buhari defeated the then incumbent president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan with Nigerians expecting a total change in security and economy.

https://dailypost.ng/2021/09/01/flashback-how-bola-tinubu-spoke-highly-of-buhari-in-2015-named-pdp-poverty-development-party/

Salewa97:
Toh

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

Do you realise that next month is just 12 days away?

Or do you think that next month will come after 12 decades ni

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

anonimi:


All Promises Cancelled, APC.

Since 2015, how many of the oyoyo promises made by Tinubu and Buhari have been fulfilled?

What aspect of your life is better today than it was in 2015?

wittyness

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...

Please what is our major problem at this point

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

so have you forgotten how state governors were creating unnecessary lcda, employing unnecessary and unproductive workers in the local government?