Gov Ahmed vows to sanitize Kwara LG system

Date: 2016-11-01

Ahead of the expiration of the tenure of Local Government Chairmen, Kwara State Government has vowed to sanitize the local government system in the state in order to make the third tier of government viable and self-sustaining. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed made this commitment during a meeting with 2013-2016 local government councillors at the Government House, Ilorin, the state capital. The councillors had visited to appeal for the payment of their furniture allowance before the end of their tenure.

Ahmed said the current economic recession and the apparent inefficiencies in the third tier of government have made it imperative to reform the management of local councils in the state in order to ensure that they can meet their obligation to the people, especially in terms of salaries and low-level development projects.

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State The governor noted that by the time elections are held into the councils, local governments would have been made fit for purpose through the ongoing IGR reforms and the biometric verification of staff.

He assured them that once the economic situation in the country improves and the government receives expected revenue inflows, the local government councils would pay the councillors and others the statutory allowances and entitlements due to them.

Ahmed stressed that current financial challenges in the councils cannot support the bulk payment of all outstanding payments, emphasizing that payments can at best be in installments once the revenue situation permits.

The governor expressed concern about the salary arrears owed local council workers and the political office holders, which he described as an unfortunate situation and expressed optimism that the situation will soon be remedied.

Stressing that political office is by nature a time-bound call to service, Governor Ahmed urged the outgoing councillors to key into the State government's SME scheme so as to continue to earn sustainable living after leaving office.

Present at the meeting were the representatives of the councils in the state, Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Isiaka Gold, Chief of Staff, Alhaji Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Haruna Muhammed, Special Adviser, Security, Alhaji Amusa Bello, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and the Senior Special Assistant, Government House, Alhaji Kayode Ibrahim.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yoonus Lawal     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Aminat Ahmed     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Harafat E. Mukadam     Cornelius Adebayo     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Kwara State University Of Education     Lai Mohammed     Umar Adelodun     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Oba Abu     Ilorin Central Mosque     Nigeria Customs Service     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Musa Alhassan Buge     Adedeji Onimago     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Matthew Okedare     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Maja     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Ibrahim Mashood     Alaro     Jaigbade Alao     Nigeria Computer Society     Ajike People Support Centre     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Quareeb Islamic Association     Ethical College     Monsurat Omotosho     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Michael Nzwekwe     SSA Youth     Abegunde Goke     CT Ayeni     Abubakar Lah     Akanbi-Oke     Share/Tsaragi     Waheed Ibrahim     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Mohammed Lawal     Issa Baba     Face Masks     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Dele Belgore     Sobi FM     Tunde Akanbi     Sarakite     Abdulhakeem Amao     Aso Ofi     Deji Ajani     Raji AbdulRasaq     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Oko-Olowo     Riskat Opakunle     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Kassim Babamale     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Isiaka Gold     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Lotus Bank     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Just Law Forum     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Oyin-Zubair     Olaitan Buraimoh     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Mufutau Olatinwo     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Mary Arinde     Unilorin FM     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ilorin Durbar     Amina El-Imam     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Mohammed Abduraheem     Lanre Jimoh     Yusuf Lawal     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Ilorin South     QuickWin     Plat Technologies Limited     Kwara University Of Education     Kayode Yusuf     Danladi     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     CACOVID Palliatives     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Ola Falade     Odo-Owa     Idris Garuba     YAKOOYO     Manzuma     Tsaragi/Share     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Shaaba Lafiagi     Ajike People Support Centre     Rasaq Jimoh     Waheed Ibrahim     Michael Ologundea     Saidu Kawu     Sherif Sagaya     Sheikh Ariyibi     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Edret Sabi Abel     IHS Towers     Dan Masanin     Diagnostic Centre     Clara Nwachukwu     Sulyman Tejidini     Okoolowo     Afeyin-Olukuta     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Oba Abdulraheem     Kehinde Baale     Sa\'adu Salau     Adedeji Onimago     Lola Ashiru     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Quran     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Ijakadi     Bayer AG     Abdullahi Atanda     Oyun     Oyedepo     Awoye     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Mazars Consulting     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Tafidan Kaiama     Ilorin     Oya State     College Of Education     Fola Consultant     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Saka Isau     Mohammed Danjuma     Kwara State University Of Education     Olatunji Ibrahim     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Bilikis Oladimeji