US EditionNigeria: Free Council Funds, Embrace State Police, Tinubu Tells Governors
President Tinubu urged APC governors to ensure direct funding for local councils in line with the Supreme Court ruling, stressing that autonomy requires financial independence.
- On Thursday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu directed APC governors at the APC National Caucus meeting to fully comply with the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy.
- To position the party and nation, Tinubu urged All Progressives Congress leaders to reconcile and accommodate to give effect to the Supreme Court judgment and strengthen grassroots governance.
- Directing enforcement, Tinubu told governors not to interfere with local government funds and declared `To me, the local government autonomy, it is and must be effective. There is no autonomy without a funded mandate. We'll give them their money directly. That's compliance of the Supreme Court`.
- He also ordered APC governors to extend governance to the grassroots, while Senate President Godswill Akpabio praised Tinubu's security leadership and the rescue of over 100 abducted children.
- Looking ahead, Tinubu urged support for state police, saying he assured US and European partners it will pass and APC gains from defections strengthen unity for 2027 elections.
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