Kwara Government Probes 21-Year Salary Non-Payment to Jebba Monarch

Date: 2024-05-21

According to News report from Punch, The Kwara State Government is investigating the non-payment of salaries and emoluments to Oba Abdulkadir Adebara, the Oba of Jebba, in Moro Local Government Area, for the past 21 years.

This was disclosed by the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Bata, on Monday.

Successive governments since 2003 have failed to pay the salaries of the 103-year-old monarch, who has spent over 21 years on the throne, despite a state High Court judgment ordering the upgrade and payment of the monarch's salaries.

Bata addressed the issue during a ministerial briefing on the achievements of Governor Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in his first year of the second term in office. He explained that the non-payment of the monarch's salary is a long-standing issue.

The Commissioner provided these details while responding to questions from reporters in Ilorin.

Bata said, “The issue of payment to salaried Oba of Jebba is a long-standing problem that this administration inherited. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is well aware of the problem. This ministry is also aware.

“A lot of report has been written to us and I want to assure that the governor has directed to investigate the issue to know the problem so that a lasting solution to the issue is found. By the grace of God we are on top of it and we will find a lasting solution to it.”

Bata stressed that the government had made available a quantum of funds to pay some ungraded chiefs in the state, adding that no fewer than 500 chiefs in both Kwara Central and Kwara North Senatorial zones were identified and paid their emoluments in the last month.

He said that about 150 chiefs were identified in Kaiama Emirate while equal numbers were identified in the three Emirates in Edu local government as well as one Emirate in Patigi local government.

He said that many classrooms were built by the local government administration in the 16 local government areas of the state.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Micheal Imoudu     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Ajia-Bako     Bello Oyedepo     Fulani     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Abubakar Ndakene     Ayobami Seriki     Kola Olota     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Obasanjo     Yoruba     Yusuf Lawal     Oke-Ero     Ilesha-Baruba     Alikinla     Mutawali     Yomi Ogunsola     Elerin Of Adanla     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Bayer Nigeria Limited     YAKOOYO     Rashidi Yekini     Saka Isau     Funmilayo Zubair     Femtech     Medview Airlines     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Zainab Abass     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Alfa Belgore     Abdulkadir Orire     Noah Yusuf     Oluranti Idowu     Asa     Ijakadi     Aro Yahaya     Tuesday Assayomo     Muhammed Danjuma     Sadiq Buhari     Federal Polytechnic Offa     First Lady     Alimi     Abdulfatai Baakini     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Wahab Issa     Ishaq Oloyede     Abioye Bello     Isaac Gbenle     Joseph Bamigboye     Federal Allocation     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Mansur Alfanla     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Moji Makanjuola     The Herald     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Oja-Oba     Olusola Saraki     Orisa Bridge     Ahmed Alhasssan     Shehu Salau     Olatunde Jare     Bibire Ajape     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Ramat Oganija     Rafiu Ajakaye     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Abdulraheem Olesin     Vasolar Consultoria     George Innih    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Saliu Alamoyo     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Lanre Olosunde     Erin-ile     Balogin Alanamu     Ojo Fadumila     Folorunsho Alao     Razak Atunwa     Sabitiyu Grillo     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Ilesha-Gwanara     Bisi Kristien     Oke-Ode     Yunus Lawal     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Memunat Monsuma     Saidu Yaro Musa     Tunji Arosanyin     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Shoprite     Rex Olawoye     Olusegun Adeniyi     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Issa Oloruntogun     Maigida     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Olusola Saraki     Kaosarah Adeyi     Segun Olawoyin     Col. Taiwo     Baba-Isale     Kale Ayo     Omoniyi     New Nigeria People’s Party     Ahmed Alhasssan     Okasanmi Ajayi     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Niyi Osundare     Government House     Oladimeji Thompson     Innocent Okoye     Ganiyu Taofiq     Alao Ayotunde     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Fatimoh Lawal     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Alabere     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Gbajabiamila     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Amasa     Mary Arinde     Radio SBS     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Belgore     TESCOM     Saheed Alakoso     Aliyu U. Tilde     ENetSuD     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Muhammadu Gobir     Biliaminu Aliu     John Obuh     Makama Of Ilorin     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Abubakar Usman Jos     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Abiodun Oyedepo