NewStats: 3,265,208 , 8,186,012 topics. Date: Friday, 13 June 2025 at 09:06 PM 4m6u6j

Samuel Anyanwu, it's over for you. Go home or better still, move into Wike's kitchen; he might have something for you there

Zionmdde:

No.single soul has a permanent political relevance in SE. Igbos don't do political gods and that's something to be proud of. Obi has no business interfering in the affairs of anambra. That's how governance should be. When your tenure expires, move on and don't look back

Igbo land will never be a family dynasty for anyone

Thank you for this response

Ikaeniyan0:
Tinubu took the governors to court and won. The LG will eventually get their money direct from the FG.

When was this judgment delivered by the Supreme Court?

Ikaeniyan0:
The policy will eventually be implemented.

Obviously, by another government that will take over from Tinubu.

Sharpsharp00123:
when PDP was together in 2023 that ticket was defeated by Buhari

So is it now that PDP is in disarray that they will defeat tinubu?

N besides, the northerners who want to contest for presidency in 2031 will never Atiku cos it will hurt their ambition so they will rather prefer tinubu finishes his 4 years n they have it back

Let this sink in

Come 2027, Northerners will not cast their vote for Tinubu if Atiku is on the ballot.

Power will return to the North, either in 2027 or 2031, it is non-negotiable. They have the option to choose, and I believe that, like any sensible person, they would prefer power to return sooner rather than later.

casualobserver:


Stop with all these infantile low IQ narratives! No opposition state government is threatened by APC in the SE. The people will not vote for APC come rain come sunshine. They are as secure as can be and are all endorsing Tinubu because they can see what their followers cannot see. The fight is for the VP slot for 2031 and presidency in 2039 and the SE govs know the SS have jumped ahead of the SE.

The SW is out of the picture from 2031-2047 as far as presidency and VP is concerned. That leaves the SE and the SS. you dont just come in 2031 and start demanding its your turn..you start the work now...Se governors simply realise the SS has jumped ahead of them. orji Kalu said in a video post recently "how do i negotiate for the SE with other regions, when I have no votes?"

I have said it many times, I really feel bad for Umahi, a performing minister, loyal and one of the early APC defectors in the SE....ordinarily he should be the VP in waiting for 2031 but you cant negotiate without votes.

zero8zero:
Mba, Soludo, Otti, these are SE opposition Governors inviting Mr President to their states. How many past Presidents enjoy this kind of courtesy?. Only delusion would make some people think this President has any opposition in 2027.

Don't get worked up over nothing

This is the wish of the APC.

They are eternally terrified of an Atiku/Obi coalition, one powerful enough to dismantle this wicked, draconian drug lord regime and send it crawling back to Iragbiji where it belongs

It's their inalienable right to vote and whomever they wish and to be voted for.

Ttalk:


When will power go to SE, that should be your priority and allow northerners to speak for themselves.

If you advocate allowing Northerners to speak for themselves, should you not, in the same vein, allow the South East the same opportunity to speak for themselves?

Lies, falsehood, and propaganda emanating from the pit of hell that is the Tinubu-led APC.

Come 2027, no Northerner, whether indigenous or not will be able to cast their vote for Tinubu when Atiku is on the ballot. Power will return to the North, either in 2027 or 2031. They have nothing to lose. They have the option to choose, and I believe that, like every sensible person, they would prefer power to return sooner rather than later.

Nigerians, irrespective of tribe, cannot afford another four years of this calamitous Tinubu regime, which continues to churn out wicked and draconian policies masquerading as economic reforms, unleashed to inflict untold hardship, strife, hunger, starvation, and insecurity on the citizens.

Almost a year after, the judgment of the Supreme Court granting financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Areas in the country is yet to be implemented.

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) had said that there would be serious consequences for any state government that acted contrary to the judgment.

According to the AGF, the responsibility for implementing the judgment and ensuring direct allocation to local governments falls under the purview of the Office of the ant General of the Federation.

It is not clear, however, if the AGF has written to the Office of the ant General of the Federation directing the enforcement of the landmark judgment of the apex court.

The media aide to the AGF, Kamarudeen Ogundele, told the Nigerian Tribune that the matter of enforcement of the judgment has been overflogged.

He said enquiries should be directed to different sources like the Nigerian Union of Local government Employees (NULGE) and the Ministry of Finance, adding that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) is the chairman of the judgment implementation committee.


What many saw as a move to delay the implementation of the judgment was the introduction of a new condition by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), requiring all the 774 local governments to provide at least two years of audited financial reports before they could receive their allocations directly.

The apex bank stated that the local governments must meet the requirement before opening s for direct remittance of their allocations.

The condition raised concerns among local government officials, who considered it as another bureaucratic hurdle to delay the implementation of financial autonomy.

However, the first attempt to delay the implementation of the judgment was the three-month moratorium granted to governors by the Federal Government in August 2024.


The Federal Government and state governors had agreed to the moratorium over concerns regarding its impact on salary payments, operational viability, and the conduct of local government elections, among other issues.

The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), through its secretary general, Muhammed Abubakar, also blamed the non-implementation of the judgment on the AGF’s directive for the CBN to open uniform s for all local governments.

The directive, ALGON said, undermines the spirit of the court’s decision.

Meanwhile, the Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the hearing on ALGON’s suit challenging the federal and state governments till May 29.

In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/353/2025, with the ed Trustees of ALGON was listed as the plaintiff followed the Supreme Court judgment delivered in 2024, which affirmed financial autonomy for all the local governments..

ALGON initiated the suit in response to the alleged non-compliance of state governments with the Apex Court’s ruling.

The association is suing the attorney general of the Federation and Minister of Justice, the Federal Republic of Nigeria and 23 others.

Other defendants included the Minister of Finance, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), state commissioners for finance, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, and the ant-General of the Federation. Also ed in the suit were the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), several commercial banks, and an individual named Bello Lawal.

ALGON is seeking, among other reliefs, the inclusion of all 774 local government councils as participants in Federation Allocation Committee (FAAC) meetings where national revenue sharing is deliberated.

The ed Trustees of ALGON have asked the federal high court to declare that, following the July 11, 2024 Supreme Court judgment, the first to eighth defendants cannot disburse funds to the 774 local government councils through the ninth to 23rd defendants without prior approval or authorisation from the plaintiff.


ALGON alleged that the ninth to the 23 defendants, comprising several commercial banks, were positioning themselves as intermediaries or depositories for allocations meant for local governments, contrary to the apex court’s ruling.

In its preliminary objection, the CBN urged the court to dismiss the suit on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction, arguing that ALGON is not a constitutionally or statutorily recognised legal entity and was neither a party nor a beneficiary in the Supreme Court judgment.

The Federation Allocation Committee (FAAC), in its submission, contended that ALGON lacked the legal capacity to initiate the suit, thereby stripping the court of jurisdiction.

The state commissioners of finance also opposed ALGON’s claims, citing Section 6(1) of the Allocation of Revenue (Federation , etc.) Act, 1982, which defines FAAC’s statutory hip–excluding representatives of local government councils.

In response, ALGON filed a counter-affidavit asserting its legal status, stating that it was duly incorporated on May 10, 2002, with the mandate to promote and defend the autonomy and interests of local governments across Nigeria.

Amid the controversy, some governors allegedly resorted to intimidation and mounting pressure on their local government chairmen not to open the designated s to receive direct allocation.

A number of governors are said to be strongly opposed to the opening of CBN s, as it would deny them their long-standing access to local government funds.

As a result, they allegedly instructed some council chairmen not to open s with the apex bank.

It would be recalled that the AGF filed the suit at the Supreme Court on behalf of the Federal Government and the 774 local governments, praying the court to grant full autonomy and direct funding to local councils from their share of the federation .

The court looked into the suit and thereafter granted the prayers, ordering that the allocations meant for local governments be paid directly to them and declared the practice of state governments retaining local government funds as unconstitutional.

The judgment, by a seven-man of the court, led by Justice Emmanuel Agim, also held that Nigeria has three arms of government—the federal, the state, and local government and that, no state government has the power to appoint a caretaker committee because a local government council is only recognisable with a democratically-elected government.

The court said the use of a caretaker committee amounted to a violation of the 1999 Constitution and further held that the state governments have been perpetuating a dangerous trend through their refusal to allow democratically elected local government councils in their states or through the appointment and removal of caretaker councils.

The apex court consequently ordered an “immediate compliance” with the judgment.

About a month after the judgment, the Federal Government inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Committee to enforce the verdict, headed by Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume,


of the committee include the SGF himself as Chairman, with other as the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy; Attorney General of the Federation; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning; ant General of the Federation; Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria; Permanent Secretary (Federal Ministry of Finance); Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation & Fiscal Commission (RMAFC); representative of state governors and representative of local governments.


The committee met for months, and its undisclosed report was further handed over to a review , which also submitted a report.

It is, however, surprising that months after the apex court’s judgment for immediate implementation, the verdict has not been enforced.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/lg-financial-autonomy-one-year-after-s-court-judgment-yet-to-be-implemented/

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused a significant portion of Nigeria’s judiciary of corruption, claiming that many judges and lawyers have compromised their roles in the delivery of justice.

Speaking on Monday, 19 May 2025, during the Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Bwari Branch, in Abuja, El-Rufai said the Nigerian public no longer trusts the judiciary due to frequent delays in justice and decisions perceived to be influenced by bias or external interests.

“In parallel, our judiciary—meant to be the bedrock of fairness and order—is under intense scrutiny. Concerns about delayed justice, procedural inefficiencies, and in some cases, judicial compromise (to put the matter delicately), erode public confidence,” he said.


The former governor lamented the increasing use of ex parte orders in political matters, accusing some legal practitioners of manipulating the court system for political advantage.

“The rise in ‘forum shopping,’ the weaponisation of ex parte orders in political matters, and the growing perception that justice is for sale and available only to the rich and the powerful would cause the perceptive observer to conclude that what Nigerian courts do is the istration of law and not the istration of justice,” El-Rufai added.

He also argued that there is a stark disconnect between legal processes and actual justice in the country, stressing that the judiciary has become subservient to the executive arm of government.


“In Nigeria, there is a seemingly unbridgeable gulf between law and justice. Not only is justice wanting, but the law that is istered seems to be according to the wishes of the Executive,” he said.

El-Rufai called on legal practitioners to reflect critically on their roles and recommit themselves to upholding impartial justice.

“The demand on you, as practitioners in the Temple of Justice, is a sober introspection as you contemplate whether indeed Justitia is blind and whether she holds the scales of justice in fine balance

https://dailypost.ng/2025/05/20/you-are-ruling-according-to-wishes-of-executive-el-rufus-tells-judges/

helinues:


When some people say they can't see anything good in you ( this government) just give them a hug as life can be so difficult for the blind to see

Be sincere, where's the good?

helinues:
Good

The opposition campaign would be to undo all the projects initiated by president Tinubu.

There are no projects anywhere; rather, the campaign will focus on reversing and undoing the wicked and draconian policies, falsely presented as economic reforms, which have been implemented to inflict severe hardship, strife, hunger, and starvation, while also exposing the lies, falsehoods, and propaganda upon which the Tinubu government has been built

goslowgoslow:

You call Atiku a coalition!
Is Atiku himself not wicked and draconian?

In what way is he wicked and draconian?

He was merely redirected

omonnakoda:
1. I think he should resign
2. I think it is a mistake to make the call on behalf of South East Caucus considering all what we know about Nigeria
3. A certain gentleman at FIIRO Oshodi Chima Igwe was involved in a fake PhD scandal we did not hear PEEM from this Caucus. They never called for resignation. As a matter of fact after his removal they plotted to reinstate him
https://punchng.com/minister-senators-plotting-to-reinstate-disgraced-fiiro-dg/
4. Ogbonnaya Onu who was the Minister in charge defied Buhari and tried to promote him after he was demoted and even undergoing criminal investigation
5. The same Caucus came out to make a lot of noise when one of THEIR OWN Mmesoma was engaged in another forgery scandal
6. When you see this sort of hypocrisy from them you can never take them seriously. Instead of making it a national issue they want to make it a South East issue which will trigger a Yoruba versus Igbo controversy . Maybe that is their intention but then these people are not known for their long term thinking. They never think far ahead and always fail to examine their own antecedents
7. By the way Chima Igwe was not the First person to fake a doctorate degree . That distinction went to another person Dr Ikejiani who presented a fake DsC and was made Pro Chancellor of the University of Ibadan by Nnamdi Azikiwe
8 When his fraud was discovered Azikiwe refused to remove him until the Univeristy dared him and threw the impostor out.
9 Azikiwe rewarded him with another appointment

10. So whilst I agree that the Registrar should probably resign . The fact that Igbos are callling for it means he should go nowhere

Who ought to have called for his resignation, considering that the majority of those affected by the glitch are candidates from the South East?

ogaemma:
They should channel their cry to the right direction.
This is what you get when you keep ing useless and corrupt politicians.
David Mark is from that axis.
He was a Senate President for 2 tenures making 8 year's.
Why did he not fix the road then?
There are roads in Dubai that was constructed over 25 years ago and they are still motorable.

I hope Tinubu will hear their cry.

You may hope, just continue to be hopeful

McLizbae:
Perhaps to form a more wicked and draconian regime than the country have ever known.

No istration in recent history has exhibited such wickedness and draconian measures as the current one, under the supervision of the drug lord.