Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola says he would sue the federal government over what he described as illegal deduction of one percent from statutory allocation to states in the federation.
The governor disclosed this Monday while speaking on the nation’s financial standing before members of Lagos State House of Assembly. Governor Fashola lamented that since October last year the federal government had been deducting one percent from each of the states’ statutory allocations for police reforms, describing it as unconstitutional and vowed to challenge it in court.
He said he was told that the National Economic Council (NEC) took the decision to deduct the one percent but stressed that despite this, he believed that it is an unconstitutional decision.
The governor said he had written to the federal government to state his opposition to the decision and that the state is heading to court since he did not receive any reply, stressing that the Economic Council has no such powers.
The governor said he had written to the federal government to state his opposition to the decision and that the state is heading to court since he did not receive any reply, stressing that the Economic Council has no such powers.
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