![FG speaks on what will happen to LG chairmen caught misusing FAAC funds](https://cdn.legit.ng/images/560x315/4f0512efe25dde70.jpeg?v=1)
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![FG speaks on what will happen to LG chairmen caught misusing FAAC funds](https://cdn.legit.ng/images/560x315/4f0512efe25dde70.jpeg?v=1)
![Autonomy: How to check your local government's monthly allocation](https://cdn.legit.ng/images/560x315/bb0a5c0eac49ec2a.jpeg?v=1)
![LG autonomy: Governor Radda highlights potential challenges, speaks on next step](https://cdn.legit.ng/images/360x203/9f634145e0bf7aef.jpeg?v=1)
![Benue governor Alia accused of subverting LG as Tinubu urged to intervene](https://cdn.legit.ng/images/360x203/647f28dc2a87ce1f.jpeg?v=1)
![LG autonomy: Full list of governors rushing to hold council elections after Supreme Court ruling](https://cdn.legit.ng/images/360x203/2e34a663c503fb18.jpeg?v=1)
![Governor Makinde reacts to Supreme Court ruling on LG autonomy: "It has created confusion"](https://cdn.legit.ng/images/360x203/546296aaf92c58f7.jpeg?v=1)
![LG autonomy: List of former governors who kicked against Supreme Court's verdict](https://cdn.legit.ng/images/190x107/6853f77baca15857.jpeg?v=1)
The Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to local governments in Nigeria has been rejected by some former governors, including Fayose and Ibori.
![LG autonomy: Osun to conduct council elections in 2025 despite Supreme Court verdict, gives reason](https://cdn.legit.ng/images/190x107/dac5bbccdcb4aff1.jpeg?v=1)
Osun state independent electoral commission OSIEC has revealed why the local government elections will not hold until February 2025 despite Supreme Court judgment.
![LG autonomy: El-Rufai drops cryptic message on Supreme Court judgment](https://cdn.legit.ng/images/190x107/4bd93f7ab72c3652.jpeg?v=1)
Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna state has dropped a cryptic message to react to the Supreme Court judgment granting autonomy to LG in Nigeria.
![Full list: Nigerian governors who sacked local government chairmen between 2023 and 2024](https://cdn.legit.ng/images/190x107/2e34a663c503fb18.jpeg?v=1)
Legit.ng has chronicled Nigerian governors who sacked LG chairmen in the last two years following Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to LGs.
![LG elections: PDP wins big in Atiku's state, loses one legislative seat](https://cdn.legit.ng/images/190x107/6be67696e1c54146.jpeg?v=1)
The PDP lost one legislative seat in Adamawa local government elections. Details of the outcome of the poll after the Supreme Court judgment on LG autonomy emerged.
![LG autonomy: Lawyer tells Tinubu next thing to do after Supreme Court judgment](https://cdn.legit.ng/images/190x107/bb0a5c0eac49ec2a.jpeg?v=1)
Barrister Titilope Anifowoshe has revealed one thing President Bola Tinubu-led federal government must do after Supreme Court ruling on local government autonomy.
![Fayose faults Supreme Court judgement, explains why LG autonomy won’t work](https://cdn.legit.ng/images/190x107/29f65b6f1931a07e.jpeg?v=1)
The former governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has maintained that the Supreme Court verdict granting financial autonomy to the 744 LGAs is impracticable.
![Human rights activist Deji Adeyanju speaks on LGA autonomy: "An end to governors' criminality"](https://cdn.legit.ng/images/190x107/9f8dc766723fc40d.jpeg?v=1)
Human rights activist Deji Adeyanju has hailed the Supreme Court’s ruling on local government autonomy, expressing worry over sinister tendencies by state governors.
![LG autonomy: Falana interprets Supreme Court judgement, sends message to Nigerian governors](https://cdn.legit.ng/images/190x107/0e74ebd97cc9f19d.jpeg?v=1)
Femi Falana SAN has commended the Supreme Court’s decision that barred governors from dissolving local government councils and gave the LGAs full financial autonomy.
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