LG Autonomy: There’s hunger in the land, S’Court judgment a distraction- Makinde Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has expressed his concerns that the Supreme Court's recent ruling on financial autonomy for local government councils is diverting attention from more pressing issues like hunger and the high cost of food in Nigeria. In a judgment on Thursday, the Supreme Court mandated the Federal Government to disburse funds directly to local government council accounts. The court also ruled that state governors' control over local government funds was unconstitutional. Addressing the Nigerian Union of...