{"id":120083,"date":"2024-05-30T10:37:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T09:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/8-states-shun-fgs-supreme-court-battle-with-govs-over-lg-autonomy-2"},"modified":"2024-05-30T10:37:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T09:37:12","slug":"8-states-shun-fgs-supreme-court-battle-with-govs-over-lg-autonomy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/8-states-shun-fgs-supreme-court-battle-with-govs-over-lg-autonomy-2","title":{"rendered":"8 States shun FG\u2019s Supreme Court battle with Govs over LG autonomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Eight out of the 36 States of the federation are absent today at the hearing of the Federal Government\u2019s suit seeking full autonomy for the 774 local governments in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Although they were served with hearing notice as required by law, the state were not represented by their Attorneys General or private legal practitioners.<\/p>\n<p>No explanations were offered on their behalf.<\/p>\n<p>The states are Borno, Kano, Kogi, Niger, Ogun, Osun, Oyo and Sokoto.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Eight out of the 36 States of the federation are absent today at the hearing of the Federal Government\u2019s suit seeking full autonomy for the 774 local governments in the country. 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