Away from that, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum has said that the Supreme Court verdict on local government financial autonomy is relieving to governors.

Chairman of the Forum and the Governor of Kwara State ABDULRAHMAN ABDULRAZAQ made this known when he spoke with newsmen at the State House in Abuja on Friday in the company of his Bauchi, BALA MOHAMMED and Imo State counterparts HOPE UZODIMMA.

ABDULRAZAQ urged the Local Government Chairmen to make judicious use of the funds that will now be sent to them directly from the federation account.

Governor ABDUL RAZAK said the Nigeria Governors’ Forum will meet next Wednesday to come up with a resolution about the matter. He maintained that contrary to speculations, governors have never tampered with local government funds.