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Newspaper Headlines: Government agencies brainstorm as LG autonomy suffers setback

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
March 3, 2025 7:00 am

Reports on the political crisis in Rivers state and threats by the labour union over planned electricity tariff hike dominate the frontpages. 

The Punch reports that Oluwatoyin Madein, accountant-general of the federation; and Lateef Fagbemi, attorney-general of the federation; have commenced talks on the implementation of the July 11, 2024 supreme court judgment on local government autonomy as direct allocation disbursement to the 774 LGAs continues to suffer a setback. The newspaper says banks are loading their automated teller machines (ATMs) with cash as they commenced charging N100 for transactions on March 1.
Vanguard reports that Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, has commenced the implementation of the February 28 judgments of the supreme court with the order to local government chairpersons to hand over to civil servants in their LGAs. The newspaper says the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked the federal government to jettison any planned hike in electricity tariff, saying it will mobilise workers to resist such a move.
THISDAY reports that Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called for thorough investigation into the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against Senate President Godswill Akpabio by Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Kogi central senator. Dangote Petroleum Refinery said it will refund customers who purchase petrol at rates higher than the advertised prices from any of its key partners across Nigeria, the newspaper says.
Nigerian Tribune reports that Eseme Eyiboh, special adviser on media to Akpabio, said the senate has not received any petition against his principal. Former President Goodluck Jonathan said the political situation in Nigeria at the time when the 2014 confab report was released was too turbulent to accommodate the recommendations.

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