The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF has petitioned President Muhmmadu Buhari over the released guidelines by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU on granting financial autonomy to Local Governments.
The Forum in a letter signed by its Chairman and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari expressed dismay and anger over NFIU action as attempt to dabble into a matter that was beyond its mandate.
Yari accused the NFIU of stoking mischief and also deliberately seeking to cause disaffection, chaos and overheat the polity”.
The NFIU, which was excised from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC set June 1st as the takeoff date of the new order, making it compulsory for all local council allocations to go straight to their respective bank accounts.
The decision is contained in a guideline released by the NFIU after a meeting with officials of commercial banks in Abuja.
