President Bola Tinubu is being held responsible for the Federal Government's delay in implementing the Supreme Court's ruling to directly allocate funds to local government accounts. Despite the court's order in July, the FG has yet to begin direct payments, causing frustration among local governments.
President Bola Ahmed has been blamed for the failure of the Federal Government to implement the Supreme Court's ruling on direct allocation to local government accounts. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that despite the court's order in July, the FG has yet to begin direct payment of local government allocations into their accounts.The Supreme Court's ruling instructed the Federal Government must pay monthly allocations directly into the accounts of the 774 local government councils.
The committee, chaired by Senator George Akume, submitted a technical report to President Tinubu for approval, but the President has yet to give the green light.“The recommendations by the committee have been submitted to the President, and we are eagerly awaiting the start of the implementation,” Ambali said.
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