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<p>By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa</p><div class="ntGqUrKB" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>President Bola Tinubu has issued a direct instruction to state governors to ensure immediate compliance with the Supreme Court ruling on Local Government Area (LGA) financial autonomy.</p>
<p>The directive mandates the direct payment of statutory allocations to LGAs, circumventing state government controls.</p>
<p>Speaking Thursday night at the 14th National Caucus meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the State House, President Tinubu emphasized that genuine autonomy is contingent upon financial independence.</p><div class="UsYjcIDc" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>The president said LG autonomy cannot exist without financial independence, insisting that councils must receive their allocations without interference.</p>
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<p>“There is no autonomy without a funded mandate,” Tinubu said.</p>
<p>“We will give them their money directly, that is the truth, that is compliance with the Supreme Court, take leadership seriously.”</p>
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<p>He urged governors and party leaders to embrace reconciliation, flexibility and grassroots engagement, noting that leadership must go beyond state capitals to rural communities.</p>
<p>Tinubu also said he had assured the United States and the European Union of Nigeria’s commitment to establishing state police as part of efforts to address insecurity.</p>
<p>“I had a very long discussion with the US and European heads,” Tinubu said.</p>
<p>“I told them confidently that we will pass state police to improve security, I have a party that will make it happen.”</p>
<p>The president commiserated with the government and people of Bayelsa state over the death of the deputy governor and prayed for the repose of his soul.</p>
<p>Tinubu also called for increased female representation within the APC caucus.</p>
<p>Speaking earlier, Nentawe Yilwatda, national chairman of the APC, said the party was witnessing growing national acceptance, citing high-profile defections and recent electoral victories.</p>
<p>Yilwatda said the party’s electronic membership registration exercise would run through January, with January 30 set as the deadline for members to be registered ahead of party congresses.</p>
<p>He said the APC, with the support of Tinubu, has secured land in Abuja’s Central Business District for a new national secretariat, adding that architectural designs were already underway.</p>
<p>The APC chairman said the party now enjoys an overwhelming majority in both chambers of the national assembly, attributing the development to Tinubu’s leadership and recent defections.</p>
<p>Yilwatda listed governors who have joined the APC from opposition parties and said the trend reflects the party’s pan-Nigerian character.</p>
<p>He also briefed caucus members on ongoing constitutional amendment efforts, preparations for the FCT area council elections scheduled for February 21, 2026, and recent victories in by-elections.</p>
<p>In attendance of the national caucus meeting were President Tinubu, Kashim Shettima, vice-president, APC governors, members of the national working committee, leaders of the national assembly, and recently defected governors.</p>
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