A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed May 23 for judgment in a suit filed by the 36 states’ Attorneys-General challenging the the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) from implementing its guidelines on local government spending. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to the parties in the suit presented their arguments and adopted their processes. On May 6, 2019, the NFIU had issued guidelines to stimulate the reduction of crime vulnerabilities created by cash withdrawals from local government funds across the country, beginning from June 1,…
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