A federal high court in Lagos has held that the regulation of outdoor advertising rests exclusively with LGAs, not the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON).
Delivering judgment in a suit marked FHC/L/CS/1044/2025, Akintayo Aluko, the presiding judge, ruled that the constitution clearly assigns control of outdoor advertising and hoardings to local government councils.
Any attempt by ARCON to assume that role, he said, amounts to an unlawful takeover of powers it does not possess.
The suit was filed by Massilia Motors Limited, which had challenged a notice of violation issued against it by ARCON and the subsequent criminal summons issued by the advertising offences tribunal.
