President Muhammadu Buhari has signed an Executive Order granting financial autonomy to state Legislature and Judiciary.
The President, while signing the Order – Executive Order No. 10 of 2020 for the Implementation of Financial Autonomy for state Legislature and state Judiciary – on Friday, also constituted a Presidential Implementation Committee to fashion out strategies and modalities for the implementation of the provisions of the Order.
Gwandu stated that President Buhari acted in compliance with section 121 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 ; taking into considerations all other applicable laws, instruments, conventions and regulations, which provides for financial autonomy at the state tier of government.
“The Order provides that: ‘The Accountant-General of the Federation shall by this Order and such any other Orders, Regulations or Guidelines as may be issued by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, authorise the deduction from source in the course of Federation Accounts Allocation from the money allocated to any state of the federation that fails to release allocation meant for the state Legislature and state Judiciary in line with the financial autonomy guaranteed by...
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