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Politics of Local Government Autonomy in Nigeria: An Examination of Supreme Court Judgement, State Governments’ Reactions and Challenges of Enforcement

On July 11, 2024, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, in a suit between the Attorney-General of the Federation (plaintiff) and the Attorneys-General of the 36 states of the federation (defendants), delivered a landmark judgement affirming the financial autonomy of local governments. The Court’s decision reaffirmed the three-tier structure of Nigeria’s federal system, and underscored the relative independence of local government as the third tier of government. This paper observes that, more than 20 months after the judgement, apart from the hasty charades as local government elections stage-managed …

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Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE RESEARCH
Date	2026-09-15
Type	article
Details	openalex authorships.countries:NG,primary topic.subfield.id:3320\|3321\|3308\|1202\|3303\|3312\|2002\|2000\|2003 + local /\bnige
Found at	https://doi.org/10.56201/jpaswr.v11.no3.2026.pg24.36
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Politics of Local Government Autonomy in Nigeria: An Examination of Supreme Court Judgement, State Governments’ Reactions and Challenges of Enforcement. OpenAlex research, 2026. Vero Archive, record openalex:W7213250464.