In affront to Supreme Court judgement, state lawmakers strip councils of 7.5 per cent federal allocation

The Cross River House of Assembly has okayed deducting 7.5 per cent from the monthly federal allocation of each of the state’s 18 local government areas.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deduction is contained in the Local Government Amendment Bill 2025, which has passed its third reading in the House.

The bill passed through the second reading, the committee stage, on Friday and was subsequently passed for a third reading.

In addition to the 7.5 per cent monthly deduction, each council would commit N1 million into the purse of the State Reserve Fund.

The bill was sponsored by the Majority Leader of the assembly, Davies Ita of Abia State Constituency.

During the sitting, the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development, Eyo Bassey of Bakassi Constituency, laid the bill on the floor of the House, and it was formally accepted as a working document.

Mr Bassey said the State Local Government Law 2007…

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