Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana has thrown his weight behind the Supreme Court’s judgment, asking state governments to henceforth, hand off the federal allocations of the local governments.

Falana, who stated this in a monitored broadcast, argued that the judgment was not meant to strip the state governments of its influence on the LGAs, but rather, would promote accountability at the grassroots level.

In its lead judgment read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court on Thursday mandated the Federal Government to begin immediate and direct payment of local government funds to the latter’s exclusive accounts.

President Bola Tinubu in the wake of the verdict said it would pave the way for more accountability.