Nigeria’s Supreme Court has nullified President Muhammadu Buhari’s executive order 10.
Gatekeepers News reports that Six out of the seven members of the panel proceeded to void and set aside the executive order.
Buhari, on May 22, signed the order granting financial autonomy to the legislature and the judiciary in the 36 states of the federation.
The order empowers the accountant-general of the federation to deduct funds for the state legislature and the judiciary from the federation allocations to the states.
However, all the 36 states through their attorneys-general filed a suit on September 17, 2020, contending the constitutionality of the executive order.
The majority of the court’s seven-member panel agreed that the president exceeded his constitutional powers in issuing the EO10.
