{
  "id": 18803548,
  "title": "Katsina gov defends Tinubu’s direct allocation of funds to LGs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/katsina-gov-defends-tinubus-direct-allocation-of-funds-to-lgs",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-07T22:38:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/katsina-gov-defends-tinubus-direct-allocation-of-funds-to-lgs/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda has defended President Bola Tinubu’s policy of direct allocation of statutory funds to local governments. According to Punch Nigeria, Radda stated that the policy has strengthened grassroots governance.\n\nIn separate developments, the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, revealed that Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, ordered the refund of billions of naira. Punch reports that Adeboye directed the immediate return of the funds within 24 hours after the church was alerted that the donations were traced to the proceeds of crime.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}