LAST Friday, the Supreme Court of Nigeria dealt a major blow to a signature agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari, when it shot down Executive Order 10, ceding financial autonomy to state legislature and judiciary. In siding with the state governors who sued the president over the “gift” to the other arms of government in their respective domains, the apex court communicated two major messages to the executive leadership of the country. Uncharacteristically, Falana said, “Frankly speaking, Executive Order 10 on deduction of the funds for the judiciary from source is totally unnecessary. There was also Executive Order 4 which touched on what some also felt should be a lawmaking process, but arbitrarily birthed, by the executive arm. Interestingly, the state governors that went away from the Executive Order battle, feeling like the winner, are the real culprits in the denial of judiciary’s constitutional entitlements.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 15, 2022 06:32 UTC