Former Delta State governors,James Ibori, has censured the Supreme Court’s judgment that granted full autonomy to local governments.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that it is at variance with the constitutional for governors to have anything to do with local governments’ allocations, a decision that finally conferred autonomy and financial independence on the councils.
Upon the apex court’s verdict, Ibori took to his X handle to pooh pooh the decision.
Citing Section 162 (3) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the ex-governor wrote, “The section expressly provides thus: “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. Sections 6 provide further clarity on the subject matter.
“(6) Each State shall maintain a special account to be called ‘State Joint Local Government Account’ into which shall be paid all allocations to the Local Government Councils of the State from the Federation Account and from the Government of the State.”
