• Salaries of primary school teachers, council workers uncertain • ‘Illegal’ LGs received N1.68tr between June 2023 and May 2024 • INEC should conduct council polls, say Shittu, Oyeweso • ‘National Assembly will ensure INEC conducts LG elections’ The last is yet to be heard concerning the recent Supreme Court judgment, which granted autonomy to local councils as 489 local government areas (LGAs) in 21 states may not receive the next allocation from the federation account. The Guardian checks revealed that as of Thursday when the apex court delivered its judgment, 489 out of 774 LGAs (63.17 per cent) were being
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