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.

National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Quranic Recitation Competition     Moro     Christopher Odetunde     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Press Release     Saliu Ajia     Oba Abdulraheem     Ballah     Igbaja     Afeyin-Olukuta     Saheed Akinwumi     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Talaka Parapo     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Bashir Adigun     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Saka Adeyemo     Awili Pedro     Azeez Bello     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Ayobami Akanbi     Durbar     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Harrison Osauwagboe     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Suleman Abubakar     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Elections     CACOVID Palliatives     Saduki Lafiagi     Agbarigidoma     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Oyin-Zubair     Amina El-Imam     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Post Utme     TESCOM     Umaru Saro     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Idris Garuba     Sa\'ad Alanamu     IHS Towers     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Kuliyan Geri     Haliru Dantoro     Ishola Balogun Fulani     TIC     Busari Alabi Alausa     Saheed Popoola     Bisi Oyeleke     David Oyedepo     Omar Gambari     Segun Adeniyi     Ilorin Like-Minds     IYA YUSUF     07039448763     Ilorin Durbar     Ayodele Shittu     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Oniye     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Alimi     Bursary     IEDPU     Ilorin General Hospital     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Emir Of Yashikira     Tayo Awodiji     Atiku Abubakar     Sodiya     Towoju     Fatai Olodo     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Garba Ayodele Wahab     Ramat Oganija     CCEPE     Iponrin     Abubakar B.M     Ajike People Support Centre     Isiaq Khadeejah     Binta Sulyman     Charles Ibitoye     Bature Bello     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Yunus Oniboki     Mohammed Saidu     Saliu Oluwole     Rashidi Yekini     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Ghali Muhammed     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Agbarere     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Taofeek Sanusi     Baakini     Afonja     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Muazam Nayaya     Aminu Ado Bayero     Bahago     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Tanke     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     SSA Youth Engagement     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Ilorin South     Rueben Parejo     Busari Alabi Alausa     Basit Olatunji     Alaro     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Ilorin West     Yomi Ogunsola     Amuda Musbau     Nagode     The Herald     Sarah Alade     QuickWin     Harmony Holdings     Kunle Okeowo     Michael Nzekwe     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Raheem Adaramaja     Otoge     Doyin Awoyale     Popo-Igbonna     Elerin Of Adanla     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Olaiya Lawal     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Tunji Ajanaku     Toyin Sanusi     Owo Arugbo     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Omotoso Musa     FOMWAN     Onilu     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Musibau Akanji     Kumbi Titiloye     Rasheed Jimoh     Old Oyo     AbdulRauf Keji     Ahmed Dankaya     Olokoba     Kawu