In the suit, marked SC/CV/343/2024, was filed on May 20, by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) on behalf of the Federal Government.

The Federal Government is praying the Apex Court for an order prohibiting State Governors from unilateral, arbitrary, and unlawful dissolution of democratically elected leaders for local governments.

Fagbemi has also asked the Supreme Court for an order permitting the funds standing in the credits of Local Governments to be directly channelled to them from the Federation Account in line with the provisions of the Constitution as against the alleged unlawful joint accounts created by Governors.

In addition, the prayer wants an order stopping Governors from constituting caretaker committees to run the affairs of local governments as against the constitutionally recognized and guaranteed democratic system.

Also, the federal government wants an order of injunction restraining the Governors, their agents, and privies from receiving, spending or tampering with funds released from the Federation Account for the benefit of local governments when no democratically elected Local Government system is put in place in the states.

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Senate approved the clause during the constitution amendment plenary session, Daily Dates Nigeria reports.

The Bill seeks to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to allow States to Generate, Transmit and Distribute Electricity in areas covered by the National Grid; and for Related Matters. 90 senators voted in support, and the bill has been passed.

Nigeria is only able to dispatch around 4,000 MW, which is insufficient for a country of over 200 million people.

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