In the lawsuit for local government autonomy filed by the federal government against the 36 state governors of the union, the Supreme Court is scheduled to rule today Thursday.
Recall that the claim was brought by Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, who is requesting complete autonomy for all 774 local governments in the nation.
Blueprint received word from a reliable source that all parties to the lawsuit have been notified.
A panel of seven justices, led by Justice Garba Lawal, reserved judgment in the case during the prior hearing. They also said that the parties will be informed of the judgment date following the AGF, or state attorneys general or their agents made their cases known for consideration.
The 36 state governors were represented in the lawsuit by their AGs or senior private attorneys, who made arguments on the states' behalf, while Fagbemi represented the federal government.
The 36 states who filed the lawsuit pleaded to the Supreme Court to have the federal government's lawsuit dismissed.
As the third tier of government in Nigeria according to the constitution, the AGF petitioned the supreme court to provide all the relief requested by the federal government in the suit as well as complete autonomy to local governments.
He begged the Supreme Court to order the local governments to get money directly from the federation account.
The AGF also requested for a directive that would forbid asking the Court to forbid the appointment of caretaker committees and forbid the state governors from forcibly dissolving local government officials.
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