A Kano State High Court has restrained the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) from withholding allocations for the 44 Kano State Local Governments.
The court issued the order following a motion ex-parte filed on November 1 by the Chairman of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ibrahim Muhammed, and five other concerned residents of the state.
The others are Ibrahim Shehu, Ibrahim Abubakar, Usman Isa, Sarki Kurawa, and Malam Usman Imam.
The motion ex parte was filed through the applicants’ counsel, Mr. Bashir Yusuf-Muhammad and Usman Bala-Salisu, who highlighted concerns over the possible withholding or delay of allocations essential for local governance in the state.
The respondents are the Accountant-General of the Federation (as the 45th defendant), the Central Bank of Nigeria (as the 46th defendant), the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (as the 47th defendant), the 44 Kano Local Governments, UBA, Access Bank, and six other commercial banks.
Justice Ibrahim Musa-Muhammad granted an Order of Interim Injunction restraining the 45th to 54th respondents, either by themselves, their agents, officers, privies, or representatives, from interfering with the applicants’ rights generally in relation to this suit.