This week, the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, called on President Bola Tinubu to enforce the judgement of the Supreme ...

In delivering the keynote address at the just concluded 2025 National Summit of the Local Government Service Commissions (LGSCs), I was compelled to observe the significance of the Summit coming on ...

Consultative session calls for stronger constitutional, administrative and financial autonomy for local governments.

In practice, however, their autonomy has been severely undermined for decades by state government control over finances, administration, and elections. A significant turning point came on July 11, ...

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) situation Room and the Citizens Centre for Integrated Development and Social Rights ...

Nigerians’ reactions to the development indicated that the development was a welcome idea, but Fayose does not share this sentiment. On Thursday, July 11, 2024, the apex court ordered the Federal ...

President Bola Tinubu, has said that his administration is in no battle with state governors over the controversial local government autonomy. Tinubu made this known on Wednesday, while addressing ...

In the bill, each local government council is to create and maintain its own special account to be called Local Government Allocation Account into which all the allocations will be paid. The Senate ...

The Citizens Centre for Integrated Development and Social Rights, a non-profit organisation, has called for greater accountability in the implementation of financial autonomy for local government ...