Nigeria, May 14 -- The Senate has called on the federal government to include local government councils from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), to ensure fair representation in the distribution of funds to the three tiers of government.

This resolution was passed on Tuesday following a motion sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, and presented during plenary by Kogi East Senator, Isah Jibirin.

The upper chamber said the inclusion of local government representatives in FAAC would ensure full compliance with the July 2024 Supreme Court judgment that mandated the direct disbursement of federal allocations to local government areas, bypassing the sta...