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.

Alabi Lawal     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Ronke Adeyemi     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Talaka Parapo     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Ilorin.Info     Usman Yunusa     Oloriegbe     Iliasu     Hajj     Saka Isau     Shuaib Jawondo     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Oba-Solagberu     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Bamikole Omishore     Mike Omotosho     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Aliyu Muhammed     Kayode Bankole     Kishira     Oke-Ode     CLAY POT     Oye Tinuoye     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Iyaloja-General     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Garba Idris Ajia     Toyosi Thomas     Aremu Odolaye     Niyi Ogundiran     MATTA Girls Foundation     Kolo     Razak Atunwa     Esuwoye     Dorcas Afeniforo     Facemasks     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Offa     Adebayo Salami     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Isapa     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Saka Adeyemo     Oba Abdulraheem     Biliaminu Aliu     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Ballah     Sarakite     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Nigerian Medical Association     Woro     Muhammed Aliyu     Yusuf Arowosaye     Monsurat Omotosho     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Tunji Arosanyin     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Hamidu Olowo     Omoniyi Ayinla     Sodiya     UNILORIN Alumni     Olatunji Bamgbola     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Rafiu Olasile     Babs Iwarere     Aso-ofi     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Binta Sulyman     Issa Baba     Kwara Liberation Group     Modupe Oluwole    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kwara Consultative Forum     Alaaya     Laolu Saraki     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Gamji Members Association     Press Release     IHS     Barakat Community Secondary School     Maigida Soludero Transit     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Col. Adedipe     Charles Ibitoye     Jani Ibrahim     Olaoye B. Felix     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Michael Nzekwe     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Binta Abubakar Mora     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Al-Adaby     Ali Ahmad     George Funsho Adebayo     Quareeb Islamic Association     Ilorin Amusement Park     Oyin-Zubair     Gobir     GANZY     Durbar Festival     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Sarah Alade     Amoyo     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Omupo     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Kale Bayero     Lanre Jimoh     Bashir Adigun     Toyin Sanusi     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Ahman Patigi     Wahab Isa     Segun Olawoyin     N-Power     Baba Isale     Tafida     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Ayinke Saka     Lithium     Hamza Usman     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Yahya Mohammed     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Jumoke F. Ajao     National Pilot     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Gbenga Adebayo     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Elerinjare     Local Government     Omotoso     Illyasu Abdullahi     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Funmi Salau     Nigeria Customs Service     John Dara     Amasa     Abdulrahman Iliasu     SSUCOEN     Babata     Roheemat Hammed     Umar Danladi Shero