The Ondo State House of Assembly has applied to the Supreme Court to be joined in the case filed by the Federal Government on local council
Kehinde Olatunji and Isa Abdulsalami Ahovi autonomy.In an application filed at the apex court registry on Tuesday autonomy.In an application filed at the apex court registry on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, by Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa , the Speaker of the Assembly, Olamide Oladiji and the House, applied to be joined as 37th and 38th defendants in the suit.
The application by the Assembly as a defendant in the suit stated, among others: “Ondo State House of Assembly is seeking an order granting leave to the applicants, Ondo State House of Assembly and Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, to apply to be joined as co-defendants in the suit “There are already existing laws duly made by the applicants in respect of the issues canvassed in the suit as constituted, such as the Local Government System, Establishment and Administration of Local Government Law of Ondo State, Cap. 87, Laws of Ondo State, 2006 and the Ondo State Law, 2023 and that the applicants are seeking to join the suit as necessary parties given the peculiar reliefs being sought and as pertaining to the constitutional rights and functions of the applicants.
A former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, has faulted the recent move by some lawmakers to return Nigeria to parliamentary democracy. Households in Lagos and Ogun states have decried increasing cost of eggs, saying the common source of protein is now out of reach. They lamented that a crate of egg is now sold for between N3,800 and N4,000 at farms and above N4,500 in retail shops and markets.Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged Nigerians to cherish and live by the tenets of democracy for the prosperity and progress of the nation.
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