The apex court also ordered the Attorney General of the Federation , who filed the suit on behalf of the Federal Government, to reply to the defendants’ processes within two days upon receipt.
In his ruling, Justice Lawal said the court’s decision was predicated on the national importance, urgency of the suit and the non-objection from the 36 states’ attorneys general. Fagbemi, on behalf of the Federal Government, instituted the court action against the governors, primarily seeking full autonomy for local councils as third tiers of government in the country.
The Federal Government further applied for an order of injunction restraining the governors, their agents and privies from receiving, spending, or tampering with funds from the Federation Account for the benefit of local councils when no democratically-elected local government system is put in place in the states.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities.
Ekiti State Government has urged the electricity distribution company operating in the state, Benin Electricity Distribution Company , to ensure that all the electricity consumers are metered to put an end to estimated billing across the state.
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