To further the debates on autonomy and effective local government administration, the Insight Initiative for Community and Social Development has charged residents of Osun state and...
The Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC), on Saturday, commenced the conduct of Local Government election across the 171 electoral wards in the State. Voting opened...
Contrary to the news making the rounds that the governors are happy with the Supreme Court ruling on Local Government autonomy, Sunday Telegraph can report that...
Hon. Rotimi Makinde has hailed the judgment of the Supreme Court that declared on Thursday that it is unconstitutional for state Governors to hold funds allocated...
Chairman, Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR), Osun state chapter, Comrade Emmanuel Olowu, has described the Supreme Court judgment on the Local Government’s financial...
-Bars Governors From Retaining, Utilizing Funds The Supreme Court has granted financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Areas in the country . The apex court...
The Deputy Minority Leader of the Senate, Dr. ‘Lere Oyewumi has identified Local Government autonomy as the main panacea for the grassroots revitalisation and exploration of...
Human Rights activists, media practitioners and trade unionists in Osun State have stepped up the agitation for the passage of the bill on local government autonomy as...
Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Lasun Yussuff has affirmed that granting local government autonomy would free councils from economic strangulations by the state thereby sustaining...