Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator George Akume, will head a 10-Man Inter-Ministerial Committee, to enforce the Supreme Court judgement delivered on July 11, which granted financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Councils in Nigeria.
Fresh Angle International, can report that the Committee, which has the Hon. Minister of Finance & Coordinating Minister of the Economy, the Accountant-General of the Federation, the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Representatives of State Governors and Local Government Councils as members, is to ensure that local government councils, are granted full financial autonomy, allowing them to function effectively, without interference from state governments.
According to a statement e-signed today, Tuesday August 20, by Segun Imohiosen, the Director, Information & Public Relations in the Office of the SGF, inauguration of the committee, “is in- line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR efforts to give appropriate implementation to the provisions of the Constitution, which recognizes local governments as the third tier of government.”
Other members of the 10-Man committee, are; Attorney-General of the Federation & Minister of Justice, Hon. Minister of Budget & Economic Planning, Permanent Secretary (Federal Ministry of Finance) and Chairman, Revenue Mobilization Allocation & Fiscal Commission.
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