NewStats: 3,263,160 , 8,179,292 topics. Date: Wednesday, 04 June 2025 at 09:40 PM 47153z

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.

Nonsense excuse!

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

To add to it, the pronouncement was unconstitutional.

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

The Constitution has literally been trashed many times by the supreme court including this time, and even then, court judgments become as-you-like-it.

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

No mind Nigerians! Always regurgitating ideas fed to them by the same lying mofos who rule them as if their own.

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

Rather, the people should demand the impeachment of Governors who violated the LG funds. That is the best way to tackle this problem of corruption and thievery carried out by State Governors.

joeyswift:
FG self dey do high level yahoo.

That you all expected this to work out for the average Nigerian without even lifting a finger is beyond words.

Kobojunkie:
So you are saying that rather than having LGs become more viable in other to validate their existence, States should instead subsume the LG's funds— without the LG responsibilities — at this point? Does that make sense to you?

How are they visible when they cannot even pay their salaries themselves? As in,without the states paying their salaries,they can't do nothing with the little coming from Abuja.

Before the states started doing the LG responsibilities, were they not owing primary school teachers? Were they not? Answer me naaa.

Were they able to do anything reasonable? Except for maybe very few LG in Lagos due to the IGR they make,the rest of them are total NONESENSE

The solution to this is simple. True restructuring where the states are in charge of their resources and their LG. They can create as many LG as they want and fund them efficiently

That is the Solution

QED!

Chisave:
■ 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

1. LGAs are not meant to depend wholly on the allowances they receive each month. If you look closely, they are meant to provide services at the Local level from which they inturn generate revenue with which to fund projects, pay salaries, etc.

2. Otti is a State Governor and should not concern himself with the LGs since he has his own set of responsibilities to focus on. Governors pretending themselves responsible for the responsibilities of an LGA governor is majorly why none of the 774 LGAs have been able to achieve viability.

LGA autonomy has always existed since 1999. The problem is Governors have typically hijacked that system for their own pockets and benefit, all while ignoring the LGA responsibilities. All of the implicated Governors should have been impeached and prosecuted, but the Nigerian people have generally lacked the political will to assert that their law be respected even up till now.

3. No! Systemic corruption is the reason for that. There is no reason why a Governor should take it upon himself to pay off the salaries of LG-level staff with State-owned money unless in the case of systemic corruption.

happney65:
■ How are they visible when they cannot even pay their salaries themselves? As in,without the states paying their salaries,they can't do nothing with the little coming from Abuja.
■ Before the states started doing the LG responsibilities, were they not owing primary school teachers? Were they not? Answer me naaa.
■ Were they able to do anything reasonable? Except for maybe very few LG in Lagos due to the IGR they make,the rest of them are total NONESENSE
■ The solution to this is simple. True restructuring where the states are in charge of their resources and their LG. They can create as many LG as they want and fund them efficiently. That is the Solution QED!

1. LGAs like the State and FG have revenue-generating capacities. They are not children/dependents of the States. Rather, they are whole businesses that can provide services and generate revenue by way of those services offered— see the above image to understand the vast opportunities available to each LGA in of revenue generation. If the LGA is not able to pay the salaries of its workers, then it can take out loans until it can get itself to a point where it can do so without loans.

2. States are entities defined independently of LGAs — different companies —and as such should never take on the responsibility of paying off the debt of LGAs. LGAs can maybe obtain loans from the states... assuming the states have surplus money around — but Governors were never designed to take on the responsibilities of LGAs; the responsibilities of State government are clearly defined.

By the way, states in Nigeria to this day, owe their teachers salaries — state-level teachers —as we speak, some for many years. Do you equally believe that the Federal Government should take over the responsibility of those states as a result of that? You know well it does not and should not happen. So why do you somehow think then it makes sense for States to step over their bounds and take responsibility for the LGAs and their responsibility?

3. Any LGA not reasonably able to generate revenue at this point is an LGA that is led by corrupt and incompetent entities and the Law is clear on what should happen. The electorate should seek to have the LG Councilmen and his team replaced with someone else more competent and able to understand what it means to run the business. Unfortunately, most of you do not even understand that your LGAs are business entities that need to be efficiently and effectively run for you to benefit from it.

4. Please stop repeating that bunkum as a solution. It is very insulting that in the year 2024, someone is even offering such as a path.

onuman:
■ 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.

These acts committed by the Governors are crimes against Nigerians that they ought to be prosecuted and jailed for. Unfortunately, Nigerians rarely consider their laws nor demand they be enforced.

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

How do you generate said revenue if you are not even willing to develop infrastructure even at the LGA levels? Or is your intention to tax people simply for existing— breathing air?

Newsmills:
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.

What you have in Nigeria is not democracy since the people are the power in the system.

Kukutenla:
■ 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?

LG, like states and FG, are not meant to depend solely on those allowances. The LGA in Nigeria is meant to operate as a fully independent business entity... a company, capable of offering services and generating its added revenue from all the services it offers.

Kobojunkie:
LG, like states and FG, are not meant to depend solely on those allowances. The LGA in Nigeria is meant to operate as a fully independent business entity... a company, capable of offering services and generating its added revenue from all the services it offers.

What services does LGs render?
What business are they involved in?
Where did you get this your idea of LG operating as a company from? Cause it's certainly not from our laws
Our laws says all revenue should be collected by the state and shared just as it is done with faac

henroe2k2:
■ "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.

1. I agree that indeed the Supreme Court, which in my opinion is working for the ruling party, made a very unconstitutional declaration.

2. Again, I agree! This is why I have become suspicious of the entire legal system in that country. Something is definitely wrong!

3. Exactly! This entire charade is seen by me as a blatant attempt by the Supreme Court to basically render the Constitution into nothing more than tissue paper.

Kukutenla:
■ What services does LGs render? What business are they involved in? Where did you get this your idea of LG operating as a company from? Cause it's certainly not from our laws.
■ Our laws says all revenue should be collected by the state and shared just as it is done with faac

You have never met Schedule IV of the Supreme Law in Nigeria, have you?

2. Show me exactly where in your law you get this statement from because Schedule IV of your Constitution says otherwise.

nesphil:
While some LGs may enjoy most LGs will suffer this so called autonomy if their mayors are not creative thinkers.

LGs are already suffering exactly because of that — a lack of intelligent, competent individuals at the LG level. There are numerous opportunities available today for LGs to lift themselves out of poverty. However, those opportunities continue to be ignored because people elect eejits even at that level to rule over them.

PEACE2023:
■ Nice one for supreme Court. Hence they decided that Uzodinma must be governor, now the same Uzodinma refused to obey supreme Court judgment.

Stop yammering abeg! 🙄

If the people really didn't want Uzodinma as Governor, why have they — to this day — not risen up to demand that he be impeached by their State assembly and reps?

alezzy13:
■ Great points, but let's be honest, about 400m is not small money - yes, even with the current realities. Don't forget some of them get additional revenue in taxes from markets, transport garages, etc which are under their control. What judicious use, they can actually use the funds to better the lives of people.

LGAs were not designed to depend on the small allowance that comes to them from the sharing of oil proceeds in the first place. Most LGAs are headed by kakistocrats and criminals who only understand the sharing of money and revenue, rather than how to in fact run things as CEOs of the Local Government Areas which are sort of like corporations.

Hoelujohn:

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

Get the 2023 election judges to do the magic of recognising the 57 or so local government areas created by Tinubu in Lagos State. Nothing is impossible again in Nigeria 🇳🇬 of APC. It's not only Lagos state that created new and unconstitutional local government areas.

Kobojunkie:
You have never met Schedule IV of the Supreme Law in Nigeria, have you?

2. Show me exactly where in your law you get this statement from because Schedule IV of your Constitution says otherwise.

How are those businesses? Have you ever heard of social services?

Kukutenla:
■ How are those businesses? Have you ever heard of social services?

You don't know what Business is? You don't know what Social services really are?🤔

If I charge you for licensing your car—a requirement made by the LGAs for all vehicles in the particular LGA—am I providing you with a social service or a paid service?

Kobojunkie:
You don't know what Business is? You don't know what Social services really are?🤔

If I charge you for licensing your car—a requirement made by the LGAs for all vehicles in the particular LGA—am I providing you with a social service or a paid service?

It's a social service

Kukutenla:
■ It's a social service

Huh?

Kobojunkie:
Huh?

You don't know? I forgive you
Go on peace

Kukutenla:
■ You don't know? I forgive you Go on peace

Vehicle Licensing is not a social service. You only need to ask google this to educate yourself. But something tells me you are not interested in facts here but merely in winning a debate at all costs.

I leave you to it.

Kobojunkie:
Vehicle Licensing is not a social service. You only need to ask google this to educate yourself. But something tells me you are not interested in facts here but merely in winning a debate at all costs.

I leave you to it.

Vehicle licensing has to do with public safety and order and its thus a social service
Bring your Google that says otherwise junkie

Kukutenla:
■ Vehicle licensing has to do with public safety and order and its thus a social service.
■ Bring your Google that says otherwise junkie

The actual public safety and order, is instead enforced. You pay for a license but that does not guarantee enforcement, does it?

2. All you have to do is type the following question Is Vehicle Licensing a Social service? into Google to get your answer. If you still disagree with google after that, it is your headache!

Kobojunkie:
How do you generate said revenue if you are not even willing to develop infrastructure even at the LGA levels? Or is your intention to tax people simply for existing— breathing air?

Una n una quest for infrastructure... The goods we import today which infrastructure do they use to sale it?

You help businesses Exterblish by giving them loan through banks, then tax their profit

mrvitalis:
■ Una n una quest for infrastructure... The goods we import today which infrastructure do they use to sale it?
■ You help businesses Exterblish by giving them loan through banks, then tax their profit

Government already taxs most of the goods imported into Nigeria today right from the gate. Are you suggesting that it currently taxes end s at about 5% which we hear might increase to about 7.5% or 10%? Is that all the revenue needed?

2. How many businesses are currently taking out loans with over 129 million Nigerians living in poverty and the economy in the state that it is today? Do you intend for the government to tax the minority to provide for the needs of the majority in this case?

Kobojunkie:
The actual public safety and order, is instead enforced. You pay for a license but that does not guarantee enforcement, does it?

2. All you have to do is type the following question Is Vehicle Licensing a Social service? into Google to get your answer. If you still disagree with google after that, it is your headache!

Enforcement happens before you get a licence. You have to qualify. It's just not about paying

2. I did. It says it is

Kukutenla:
■ Enforcement happens before you get a licence. You have to qualify. It's just not about paying
2. I did. It says it is

You even lie against Google... unbeweavable!