WE DON'T DEDUCT N1.4B FROM SUBEB ALLOCATION - KWARA GOVT

Date: 2017-09-06

The Kwara state government has described as false and misleading, claims in some quarters that the sum of N1.4billion is deducted monthly from local government allocations to pay staff of the State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB).

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the State Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Demola Banu, clarified that N1.1 billion is required every month to pay SUBEB staff, comprising primary and junior secondary school teachers.

He noted that the amount was N1.2 billion before the staff verification exercise was conducted by the State government last year.

Banu explained that N900 million is often appropriated for this purpose by the Joint Accounts Allocation Committee (JAAC), which is operated among the 16 local government councils in the state, due to reduced allocation to the local councils from the federal government. He added that the allocation to SUBEB is statutorily treated as a first line charge.

He also disclosed that N579,970,740.32 is required monthly to pay salaries of local government workers, while the monthly requirement to pay local government pensioners stands at N355,925,249.52.

The commissioner further emphasized that shortage of funds has made it difficult for local councils in the state to meet their monthly salary obligations, noting that this is responsible for the lingering salary crisis experienced at the local government level.

He also reiterated that the Kwara state government does not interfere with the finances of the local governments, stressing that salary delay at the third tier of government is caused by drop in allocation due to drop in global crude oil prices.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Tunde Yusuf     Marufat Oladosu     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Ilorin Emirate     Wale Oladepo     Gbenga Awoyale     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Shehu Salau     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Saad Omo\'ya     Ope Saraki     Olabimpe Olani     International Vocational Centre     Omoniyi     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Moses Salami     Labour Party     Awoye     CCT     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Emir Of Kano     Amasa     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Elekoyangan     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Adebayo Salami     Ayobami Akanbi     Minister     Shoprite     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Dunmade     Ahmad Ali     Muhammadu Buhari     Abatemi-Usman     Damilola Yusuf     Biliaminu Aliu     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Patigi Regatta     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Mutawali     Aremu Bose Deborah     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Senate     Abdullahi Biffo     Monthly Sanitation     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Ojo Fadumila     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Pacify Labs     New Model Police Station     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Sherif Shagaya     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Baaziki Sulaiman     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Babaita     Modibbo Kawu     Zainab Abass     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Ilorin     Orisa Bridge     PharmAccess Foundation     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Adedeji Onimago     Ibrahim Bio    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sulyman Buhari     Ashiru     Nigerian Army     CACOVID     Kwara 2015     Facebook     Kamaldeen Gambari     Niyi Ogundiran     Dorcas Afeniforo     Matthew Babaoye     Tunji Ajanaku     Theophilus Oyebiyi     General Hospital, Ilorin     Abdulkarim Adisa     Quareeb     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Moshood Bakare     Unicontinental Construction Company     Aliyu Umar     Monsurat Omotosho     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Kale Ayo     High Court     Saba Mamman Daniel     Hakeem Idris     Umar Saro     Abdulhakeem Amao     Kulende     Bashiru Makama     Saidu Kawu     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Budo-Egba     Kayode Yusuf     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Idris Garuba     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Yetunde Balogun     Fatai Olodo     Oko Erin     Biliaminu Aliu     Usman Rifun     Rafiu Olasile     Valsolar Consultoria     Mansur Alfanla     Abdullahi Biffo     Sola Saraki University     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Abdulazeez Uthman     Salihu S. Yaru     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Kolawole Bashirat     Amuda Bembe     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Osuwa     Folashade Omoniyi     Abatemi Usman     Obayomi Azeez     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Kwara 2019     Alimi     All Peoples Party     Kishira     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Lateef Alagbonsi     Gani Saadu     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Jani Ibrahim     Afolayan     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Share-Tsaragi     IYA YUSUF     Offa Grammer School     Kassim Babamale     Mary Arinde