Senate proposes bill to establish LG electoral commission 

The Senate has proposed a bill for the establishment of the Local Government Independent Electoral Commission.

The bill, which was sponsored Senator representing Niger East, Sani Musa, was read during plenary on Thursday.

This was coming about a week after the Supreme Court ordered the federal government to stop paying allocations for local governments to state government from the federation account.

The federal government, through the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Egbeyemi (SAN), had filed a suit at the Supreme Court against governors of the 36 states.

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The apex court also ordered the federal government to withhold allocations of local government under caretaker committees appointed by governors.

“An order that henceforth no state government should be paid monies standing to the credit of the local government councils.

“An order for immediate enforcement and compliance with these orders by the state governments and successive governments henceforth,” the court had held.