Autonomy: 3 steps to check monthly federal allocation to your local government

  • Details of how to check what is being sent to each local government in Nigeria from the federal government allocation have emerged
  • The development followed the Supreme Court judgment that granted financial autonomy to the local governments in Nigeria
  • The Supreme Court also stopped the governors from dissolving the local government administration and appointing caretaker committees

Following the Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to local government, President Bola Tinubu vowed to ensure that what is being sent to the local government as monthly allocations is made public.

In his reaction to the judgment, Tinubu urged Nigerians to hold their local government councils accountable for the funds they receive from federal allocation and improve governance.