{"id":111581,"date":"2024-04-27T14:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=111581"},"modified":"2024-04-27T14:47:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T13:47:00","slug":"court-stops-rivers-from-withholding-local-govt-allocations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/court-stops-rivers-from-withholding-local-govt-allocations\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Stops Rivers From Withholding Local Govt Allocations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Rivers State Government from withholding the allocations of the 42 local government areas in the state pending the determination of the suit before it.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nJustice James Omotoso on Thursday gave the order for status quo to be maintained by the parties in a suit marked FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/537\/2024.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHe said the order was pending the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction instituted by the council chairmen against the state and nine others.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe judge also stopped the Inspector-General of Polic, Police Commissioner in Rivers, Director General, State Security Service, and Director, State Security Service SSS from withdrawing the security personnel of the local government chairmen pending the final resolution of the their motion on notice.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering the ruling in an ex-parte application argued by counsel for the chairmen, Aliyu Hussein, the judge directed the Rivers State Government not to frustrate or prevent the local government chairmen from discharging their duties and rendering services to their respective councils till the determination of the suit.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe chairmen had in the ex-parte application prayed for an order of interim injunction restraining the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Chairman, Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Rivers State Government, Attorney General of Rivers and Commissioner for Finance and others from witholding the revenue accrued to them pending the hearing and determination of their motion on notice.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe chairmen include Dr Chidi Lloyd (Emuoha); Alwell Ihunda (Port Harcourt); Dr Nwanosike Samuel (Ikwerre); Barrister George Ariolu (Obio-Akpor); Dr Obbinna Anyawu (Etche); and Chidorom Nwaiwu (Omuma).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nOthers are Dr Hope Ikiriko (Ahoada); Barrister Benjamin Isreal Eke (Ahoada East) and Dr Roland Sekibo (Akuku-Toru).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe defendants are IGP, CP Rivers, DG SSS, Director SSS Rivers, AGF, Chairman Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Rivers State Government, AG Rivers State and Finance Commissioner in Rivers State as 1st to 9th defendants.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe case was adjourned to May 2 for hearing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Rivers State Government from withholding the allocations of the 42 local government areas in the state pending the determination of the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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