24/01/2026
LG Autonomy: Supreme Court’s Verdict Undermines Nigeria’s Federalism (4)
1.3 (d) Local governments are under the state governments It is not a moot question that Nigeria, in practice, and essentially, became a unitary state from 1966 when the military came to power via the barrels of gun. Even while retreating into the barracks, the 1979 and 1999 Constitutions they midwi...