{"id":82205,"date":"2026-01-27T06:13:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82205"},"modified":"2026-01-27T06:13:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:13:24","slug":"lawyer-condemns-withheld-%e2%82%a6130bn-lg-funds-calls-nigeria-a-feeding-bottle-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/27\/lawyer-condemns-withheld-%e2%82%a6130bn-lg-funds-calls-nigeria-a-feeding-bottle-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer Condemns Withheld \u20a6130bn LG Funds, Calls Nigeria a \u2018Feeding-Bottle\u2019 State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lagos lawyer Liborous Oshoma has criticised Nigeria\u2019s governance as a \u201cfeeding-bottle system\u201d following Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke\u2019s demand for over \u20a6130 billion in withheld local government allocations.<\/p>\n<p>Oshoma argued that withholding statutory funds undermines federalism and grassroots development, treating local councils like dependants rather than autonomous governments.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Adeleke said the Federal Government has withheld allocations to Osun\u2019s 30 local councils since February 2025, crippling governance and forcing the state to cover salaries for teachers, health workers, traditional councils, and retirees.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer warned that such practices weaken democracy and service delivery, calling for strict adherence to constitutional provisions.<\/p>\n<p>Adeleke has appealed for urgent intervention, stressing the need to restore constitutional order and effective local governance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat Lagos lawyer Liborous Oshoma has criticised Nigeria\u2019s governance as a \u201cfeeding-bottle system\u201d following Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke\u2019s demand for over \u20a6130 billion in withheld local government allocations. Oshoma argued that withholding statutory funds undermines federalism and grassroots development, treating local councils like dependants rather than autonomous governments. Governor Adeleke said the Federal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1756,1718,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-finance","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82207,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82205\/revisions\/82207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}