SERAP urges Tinubu to withhold allocations from States without LG elections

SERAP urges Tinubu to withhold allocations from States without LG elections …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to withhold federal allocations to states that have not held credible local government elections.

According to reports, states like Rivers, Benue, Akwa Ibom, and Jigawa conducted their local government elections on October 5, while many other states have yet to organize theirs.

SERAP criticized this delay, calling it unacceptable. In a statement on Sunday by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the group asked Tinubu to instruct the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the…

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