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What Next for Lagos LCDAs with Supreme Court verdict on LGA funding?

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Onyewuchi Ikechukwu
Jul 12, 2024
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Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday issued a landmark ruling mandating the Federal Government to pay local government funds directly to the accounts of the Local Government Areas domiciled in the Central Bank of Nigeria.

While this spells a new lease of life for the LGAs, in states like Lagos with Local Council Development Areas (LCDA), which were create…

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