Federal allocation to Rivers, Okpebholo’s suspension of civil service recruitment, other stories from South-south

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Federal allocation to Rivers, Okpebholo’s suspension of civil service recruitment, other stories from South-south
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This is a review of major events in Nigeria’s south-south region last week.

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Nigeria’s highest court, in its judgement, abolished the “Joint Account” – a medium through which the state governments receive federal allocations before they are shared with different local governments under them.last Monday that the lawmaker Mark Esset, who represents Uyo Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, argued that the joint account is a creation of the Nigerian Constitution and, therefore, cannot be abolished unless through a constitutional amendment.

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