Twenty-two years down the lane, it makes sense to declare that the pundits are no longer in doubt that the LCDAs have subsisted as legal entities. Neither can anyone nor groups of persons dictate to the State Government on how it runs the LGAs/LCDAs in respect of the Apex Court’s verdict on financial autonomy to the LGAs across the Country.
The trajectory of the Lagos 37- Local Council Development Area (LCDAs) birthed in 2002 as “a child of circumstance” during the exemplary leadership of the former Governor, now President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR came into existence as an Act of the Lagos State House of Assembly after the widely held referendum across the existing 20 LGAs in the State. The governor’s action then attested to the famous “Lagos Spirit” that marked it out among the rest as the “Centre of Excellence.” Lagos is indeed a place of unique adventure where several outstanding achievements are won with national and international accolades.