Court Gives Verdict, Declares FG’s Deduction From Federation Account to Fund Police Illegal
- The court has delivered its judgment regarding the funding of the Nigeria Police Force from the federation account
- According to the Federal High Court in Abuja, the deductions by the federal government to fund NPF from the account is not legal
- From its verdict, the court, therefore, directed the FG to make a refund of all the money deducted from the federation account belonging to the Rivers state government
Abuja- On Wednesday, January 26, a Federal High Court in Abuja, declared that the direct deduction of funds from the federation account to fund the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is illegal.
In a judgment delivered by Ahmed Mohammed, the presiding judge held that the provisions of section 4(1)(a) (b) of the Police Trust Fund Act 2019, requiring the deduction of 0.05 percent of any funds in the federation account and 0.005 percent of the net profit of companies operating in Nigeria to fund the police are unconstitutional, The Cable reports.
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Channels TV added that he made the pronouncement in a judgement on a suit filed by the Rivers State Government against the Attorney General of Federation and Minister of Justice; the Accountant General of the Federation; the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, and Federal Ministry of Finance, on May 20, 2020.
The court's ruling
Consequently, the judge ordered the federal government to refund all money deducted from the federation account belonging to Rivers state government.
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Court final verdict
The court ruled in favour of the state.
However, the judge stated that Rivers state will be the only beneficiary from the refund of the deduction and not the remaining 35 states.
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