local governments

By Aminu Abubakar Local government councils in Katsina State received a total of ₦208.6 billion in statutory allocations in 2025, with disbursements rising steadily through the year and peaking in the final quarter, an analysis of…
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By Aminu Abubakar The total statutory allocation to local government councils in Jigawa State for the 2025 fiscal year recorded significant variation across the months, with a general upward trajectory from the beginning of the year to…
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By Aminu Abubakar Fresh audit inspection reports have uncovered a series of alleged financial irregularities, poor record keeping and suspected mismanagement of public funds in several local government councils in Kebbi State. The…
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President Bola Tinubu has urged media executives to extend the same level of scrutiny they apply to his administration to state and local governments, noting that subnational authorities now enjoy greater financial autonomy. Tinubu made…
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Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the immediate commencement of direct payment of monthly statutory allocations to the accounts of the state’s 27 local government areas. The approval was announced by the…
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The House of Representatives has pledged to strengthen the capacity of Local Government Councils to enact effective by-laws for grassroots development. The Chairman, House Committee on Delegated Legislation, Rep. Richard Bamisile, made the…
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The Presidency has announced that starting from the end of January, local government areas across Nigeria will begin receiving their allocations directly from the Federal Allocation Account Committee (FAAC), marking a significant step…
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The three tiers of government – Federal, State and Local governments – shared N10.143 trillion from the Federation Account as statutory revenue allocations in 2023. Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Extractive…
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