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.

Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Kwara Consultative Forum     Oloyede     Aminat Ahmed     Babatunde Idiagbon     Mashood Dauda     Chief Imam Of Offa     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Saheed Alakoso     Oloriegbe     Abdullahi Biffo     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Yakubu Dogara     Abdulfatai Baakini     Kwara State University Of Education     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Oke-Ode     Wasiu Odewale     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Lafiagi     Hikmah AbdulKareem     EFCC     Saliu Oluwole     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Teachers Specific Allowance     SGBN     John Olajide Adedipe     Kazeem Adekanye     Wole Oke     Suleiman Abubakar     KWTV     Egbejila     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Pakata Patriots     MATTA Girls Foundation     LEAH Charity Foundation     Women Radio     Allocation     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Balogin Alanamu     Turaki     Kwara Hotel     Oke-Odo     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Hauwa Nuru     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Tsaragi     Gbugbu     Hakeem Lawal     Eghe Igbinehin     Mutawali     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Saidu Yaro Musa     Baba Issa Awoye     Yaman     Aliyu U. Tilde     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Post-utme     Funke Adedoyin     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Plat Technologies Limited     Simeon Sayomi     CT Ayeni     Suleman Abubakar     Idofin     Oyedepo     Makama Of Kaiama     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Shade Omoniyi     Muritala Awodun     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Afonja     Mope Dasuki Belgore    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Gbugbu     Adamu Atta     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Adeniyi Ojo     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Ganmo     Orire     IHS     MINILS     MAI Akande     Chief Of Staff     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Dele Belgore     Dunmade     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Salman Jawondo     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Durbar     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Bayer AG     Okin Group     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     2023 Elections     Lucky Omoluwa     Cassava Growers\' Association     Alanamu     Atiku Abubakar     EndSARS     Zaratu Umar     Ramat Oganija     Law School Scholarship     Gambari     Iponrin     Erubu     Salihu S. Yaru     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Arinola Lawal     Aminu Adisa Logun     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Unicontinental Construction Company     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     General Hospital, Offa     Elerinjare     Onikijipa     Bashirat Bola Bello     Moses Rahman Popoola     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Saliu Alamoyo     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Moremi High School     KwaraLearn     Seed Technologies     Bola Tinubu     3MTT     Donatus Ejidike     Third Estate     Anilelerin     Bolakale Ayo     Tsaragi     Oke-Odo     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Popo-Igbonna     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Halimat Yusuf     Christopher Odetunde     Kwara NIPR     Kunle Suleiman     JMK Construction Company Limited     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Ola Falade     Abubakar Baba     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Kwara TV