Kwara ex-councillors protest, demand 70% entitlement

Date: 2017-09-12

Members of Ex-councillors Forum of 2013-2016 set, who are members of the All Progressives Congress, on Monday, protested in front of the Kwara State Government House in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, over unpaid allowances.

The protesters carried placards of different inscriptions, including 'we are hungry - 2013-2016 councillors'; and 'pay our outstanding salaries - furniture allowance, 300 per cent, annual basic salaries, severance package.'

One of the protesters, Mr. Ogundele Olabisi, who spoke to journalists, said they were unhappy that about 70 per cent of their entitlements had not been paid.

"Though we agree that there was a shortfall in allocation, but even with this shortfall, they paid themselves. They (government officials) did not owe themselves. They are taking their entitlements in full. They promised to pay us all our entitlements within three months, but since we left, they still owe us," he stated.

But the Kwara State Government said while the plight of the protesting ex-councillors was unfortunate, especially during these difficult times, it was not responsible for the said arrears.

The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Alhaji Mahmud Ajeigbe, in a statement, also said the councillors served the local government system, which he noted was a separate tier of government.

Ajeigbe added, "Although the state government recognises their right to peaceful protests, the protesters are advised to channel their demands to the individual local government councils that owe them.

"The governor Abdulfatah Ahmed's administration stands ready to support the councils to pay these and other arrears as demonstrated by the recent release of N2bn to local government councils, including N100m towards offsetting the arrears owed political office holders, out of the recent Paris Club Refund as well as the ongoing efforts to shore up their internally generated revenue."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Principal Private Secretary     Balogun Gambari     Amina El-Imam     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Kwara United     David Oyedepo     Basit Olatunji     Funmilayo Mohammed     Cassava Growers\' Association     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Elewu     Donatus Ejidike     Zaratu Umar     Ilorin South Constituency     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Shehu Jimoh     Tafidan Kaiama     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Suleman Abubakar     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Trader Moni     NULGE     FOMWAN     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Government House     Akanbi-Oke     Aminu Ado Bayero     Sheriff Shagaya     Isaac Gbenle     Ajase-Ipo     Baba Issa     Oloriegbe     NTA Ilorin     Kisra     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Idiagbon     Alore     Toyosi Thomas     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Oja-Oba     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Omotosho     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Kayode Bankole     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Ndama Al-hassan     Dairo Kunle Paul     Seun Bolaji     UNILORIN Alumni     Just Event Online     Iqra Books     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Magaji Are     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Ile Arugbo     Adamu Attah     Nurudeen Mohammed     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Nigerian Correctional Service     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Saeedat Aliyu     KwaraLearn     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Ganiyu Abolarin     Ilorin.Info     Maigida     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Habeeb Saidu     Halidu Danbaba     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     April 11     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Sunset Workers    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Oloye     Kwasu     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Wasiu Odewale     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Makama     Mustapha Akanbi     Galadima     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Alagbado     Mamman Saba Jibril     Buari Edun     Roseline Oni Aremu     NNPP     Charles Ibitoye     Oke-Kura     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Abatemi Usman     Gwanara     Saheed Alakoso     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Olatunji Ayeni     Oniyangi     Kayode Ishola     Abikan     Salman Jawondo     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Cornelius Adebayo     Royal FM     Ndakene     Yusuf Mubarak     Ohoro Of Shao     Lanre Jimoh     Sarakite     Eghe Igbinehi     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Garba Ado Sanni     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Balogin Alanamu     Bukola Ajikobi     Kola Ologbondiyan     Seun Bolaji     Hassan Oyeleke     Olatunde Olukoya     Ilorin Curfew     Shehu Adaramaja     Communication Network Support Services     Ilota     Balogun Gambari     Ejidongari     Kamoru Kadiri     Wale Oladepo     Pakata Patriots     Laboratory-to-Product     Public Holiday     Abraysports FC     Just Law Forum     PharmAccess Foundation     Abubakar Imam     Budo Egba     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Clara Nwachukwu     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     RTEAN     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Chief Imam Of Offa     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     UITH     Elerin Of Adanla     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Bello Abubakar     Kola Shittu     NURTW     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Ramat Oganija     Ilorin