The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has initiated measures to galvanise support for the full execution of the July 11, 2024 judgment of the Supreme Court, granting financial autonomy to the nation’s local governments.

To this end, the group has finalised plans for a gathering of relevant judicial stakeholders and others to strategies on ways to ensure that judgment is effectively implemented.

NBA’s general secretary, Dr. Mobolaji Ojibara made this known in a statement

Ojibara said the Nigerian Bar Association is set to host a state of the nation discourse on Local Government financial autonomy, a critical conversation aimed at ensuring full compliance with the Supreme Court’s judgment in Attorney General of the Federation versus Attorney General of Abia State and thirty five others.