Court dismisses state govt's request to halt funding suit for LGs A Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, has dismissed the Rivers State Government's request to stay proceedings in a suit aimed at halting fund allocations to all local government areas in the state. The ruling was delivered on October 25, 2024. The case was initiated by the Rivers State House of Assembly and Hon. Martin Amaewhule, who brought the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) before the court, requesting it to withhold fund allocations to the local...