A Bill seeking to establish a federal agency for the conduct of local government elections in Nigeria on Thursday, July18, scaled first reading in the Senate.
\nThe Bill titled, \u201cLocal Government Independent Electoral Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2024\u201d was sponsored by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Sani Musa, (APC \u2013 Niger East).
\nThis comes a week after Supreme Court gave a judgment granting financial autonomy to the local governments in Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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