Nigeria: New LGs Fall-Out: FG Stops April Grants to Lagos, 4 States

Abuja — SHOCKWAVES ripped through the meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) in Abuja as the Federal Government withheld this month's statutory allocations to five states.

The FG said its action was based on the holding of elections in newly created local government areas in those states.

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