Two years after the Supreme Court ordered the direct payment of federal allocations to local government councils, implementation of the landmark financial autonomy judgment remains stalled despite N10.48tn being allocated to the third tier of government within the period, findings by The PUNCH have shown.
An analysis of Federation Account Allocation Committee reports, with data from the National Bureau of Statistics and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation collated by The PUNCH on Monday, showed that local government councils received N10.479tn between the July 2024 and June 2026 FAAC meetings.
The period covered allocations from revenue earned between June 2024 and May 2026 because FAAC distributes the revenue generated in a particular month at the meeting held in the following month. Consequently, June 2024 revenue was shared at the July 2024 meeting, while May 2026 revenue was distributed in June 2026.
The allocations were made amid lingering uncertainty over the implementation of the Supreme Court judgment delivered on July 11, 2024, in the case of the Attorney-General of the Federation v. Attorney-General of Abia State and 35 others, with suit number SC/CV/343/2024.
