Tinubu Hails Supreme Court Judgement Affirming Constitutional Rights Of Local Councils

President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the judgement of the Supreme Court of Nigeria affirming the spirit, intent, and purpose of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the statutory rights of all the 774 local governments councils.

The President, in a release issued on Thursday by his Media Adviser,  Ajuri Ngelale, stated that a fundamental challenge to the nation’s advancement over the years has been ineffective local government administration, as governance at the critical cellular level of socio-political configuration is nearly absent.