AG, ABIA STATE & ORS
V.
AG, FEDERATION

(2003) JELR 44872 (SC)

Supreme Court · SC.227/2002 · 31 Jan 2003 · Nigeria
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A.G. ABIA STATE v. A.G. FEDERATION (2003) 4 NWLR (PT.809)124 (2003) 1. S.C. (PT. II)1

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MUHAMMADU LAWAL UWAIS JSC SALIHU MODIBBO ALFA BELGORE JSC IDRIS LEGBO KUTIGI JSC MICHAEL EKUNDAYO OGUNDARE JSC SYLVESTER UMARU ONU JSC ANTHONY IKECHUKWU IGUH JSC SAMSON ODEMWINGIE UWAIFO JSC

Ratio Decidendi

Core Terms ^Beta

federation account

order

allocation of revenue

law

per cent

plaintiffs

national assembly

existing law

federation account etc.

local government councils

appropriate authority

principal act

special funds

senior advocate

constitution of the federal republic of nigeria

president of the federal republic of nigeria

revenue allocation

laws of the federation

federal capital territory

local governments

state government

amended statement of claim

attorney-general of the federation

briefs of argument

following basis

following issues

per cent of the revenue

special account

allocation principles

attorneys-general

behalf of their respective states

constitutional power

direct nullification of this court

equality of states

exercise of the powers

existing formula

federal government of nigeria

federation government

following order

government of the federation

grouse of the plaintiffs

leading judgment

national assembly proposals

original jurisdiction of this court

provisions of section

provisions of this act

s.315 of the constitution of the federal republic

states of nigeria

virtue of section

S.M.A. BELGORE, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is a suit in the original jurisdiction of this court brought by virtue of Section 232 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the Constitution). The Plaintiffs are the Attorneys-General of all the thirty-six states of Nigeria who, on behalf of their respective states, brought this action against the Attorney-General of the Federation representing the Federal Government of Nigeria. The grouse of the plaintiffs is the Statutory Instrument No. 9 of 2002 wherein the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, made an order modifying the Allocation of Revenue (Federation Account Etc.) Act, 1990 as amended by Allocation of Revenue (Federation Account, Etc.) Decree (No. 106) of 1992. By the 1992 Decree (No. 106), Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the principal Act were amended. It is the principal Act as amended by Decree 106 of 1992 that has now been modified. T…

AG, ABIA STATE & ORS V. AG, FEDERATION

AG, ABIA STATE & ORS
V.
AG, FEDERATION