The bold step taken by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of going to the Supreme Court of Nigeria to confirm – if, or not, state governments have the right to have direct access and control of funding that ...

The bipartisan opposition to preemption of local regulations demonstrates a unified understanding of its detrimental effects. Preemption undermines local efforts, like those in numerous Indiana cities ...

The Trump administration recently announced a major shift to the scoring rubric for the federal government’s main source of homeless aid—the Continuum of Care program—which annually distributes $3.9 ...

Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has dismissed concerns that the implementation of local government autonomy poses a threat to governance. He insisted that his administration has already ...

Sir: It’s a popular belief that the development of any nation in the world starts right from the basic level. No nation can confidently boast of accelerated advancement without the impact of the ...

Consultative session calls for stronger constitutional, administrative and financial autonomy for local governments.

For decades now, local governments in Nigeria have not enjoyed autonomy and the denial has always been at the instance of the Governors who divert the local government funds which were being passed ...

This video is no longer available. Activists took to the streets Friday afternoon, saying President Donald Trump’s administration was attacking D.C.’s local autonomy. “Hands off D.C.” was one of the ...

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Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) situation Room and the Citizens Centre for Integrated Development and Social Rights ...