They argued that each state should control its own resources.” “The states that argued in favour of autonomy for states to control their resources were the oil producing states in the country and Lagos State, while some others argued on the other side because they want to share oil money. “We lost at the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court said no, that you cannot control your resources. If you are an oil producing state, take 13 per cent extra, which is derivation.” He said that Lagos State further argued that it had ports and the ports served the entire nation, so the state should also take 13 per cent derivation which the Supreme Court objected.
Osinbajo said that further argument led to the introduction of onshore and offshore law, which enabled the state to share from onshore resources. “All this time, this was 2000, some of those people, including the presidential candidate of PDP, who is talking about restructuring, was the vice president then. “They opposed every step we took. Of course, we were taking the Federal Government to court then. They opposed every step. “The next thing we did was that the states should be able to create their own local governments, which is autonomy of states.
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Osinbajo said that further argument led to the introduction of onshore and offshore law, which enabled the state to share from onshore resources. “All this time, this was 2000, some of those people, including the presidential candidate of PDP, who is talking about restructuring, was the vice president then. “They opposed every step we took. Of course, we were taking the Federal Government to court then. They opposed every step. “The next thing we did was that the states should be able to create their own local governments, which is autonomy of states.
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