Nigeria's Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has warned that States that refuse to comply with certain Executive Orders may have their funds withheld. He said this while explaining the Executive Orders recently signed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The President had signed the financial autonomy for the states\u2019 judiciary and legislature, code-named the Executive
Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has warned that States that refuse to comply with certain Executive Orders may have their funds withheld.The President had signed the financial autonomy for the states’ judiciary and legislature, code-named the Executive Order 10, 2020.
He cited Section 121 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which established the autonomy.
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