
SUPREME COURT RULING ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY: A CONSOLIDATION OF NIGERIAN UNITARY FEDERALISM
By Law Mefor Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN, the nation’s attorney general, became born again after having previously supported the Nigerian governors in their quest to deny local governments (LGs) financial autonomy. Insofar as the brief is good, lawyers, you know, can represent anybody, even terrorists, bandits, rapists, and killers. By the way, local government autonomy…