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Newspaper Headlines: Monitor LG funds to prevent diversion to governors, NULGE tells NFIU

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
July 13, 2024 8:09 am

Reactions to the judgment of the supreme court on LGA autonomy dominate the front pages of Nigerian newspapers

 The Punch reports that the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has urged the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) to track LGA funds and prevent diversion to state governors by council chairmen. The newspaper says 88 tertiary institutions conducted admissions outside of the central admissions processing system of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in the 2022/2023 session.
The Nation reports that uncertainty surrounds the fate of LGA caretaker committees in 20 states of the federation following Thursday’s judgment by the supreme court. The newspaper says President Bola Tinubu has renamed the national theatre in Lagos as the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts.
Vanguard reports that Owolabi Akinloye Olakulehin has been crowned the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadan. The newspaper reports that northern leaders are lamenting over the return of suicide bombings in the region.
THISDAY reports that senior lawyers have argued that local council development areas (LCDAs) in some states are now at the mercy of LGA authorities and governors. The newspaper says the African Group has asked Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO, to run for a second term as the leader of the global trade body.

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