Gov Ahmed Directs New LG Chiefs to Clear Salary and Pension Arrears

Date: 2016-11-16

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has charged the Transition Implementation Committees (TICs) in the 16 local councils in the state to pay the backlog of salaries and pension owed as soon as possible.

The governor gave the charge while swearing-in new chairmen and members of the TICs at the Government House in Ilorin on Tuesday.

He directed the committees to make financial prudence their watchword, while urging them to prioritise low hanging infrastructure that would bring swift relief to the people.

"In this regard, you are to avoid making unnecessary appointments, shun ostentation and avoid any conduct capable of calling your integrity into question," he said.

The governor gave an assurance of the state government's support to the local government councils within the available resources to see them through the difficult times.

He expressed optimism that funds would soon be available for infrastructural development once the report of the Committee on Personnel Database Development was submitted and monthly recurrent expenditure reduced.

The governor, however, urged residents to pay their taxes and levies regularly for government to raise funds required for infrastructural development. Ahmed added that tax defaulters in the state would face the wrath of the law.

"Just as the welfare of citizens is obligatory on government, the payment of taxes is compulsory for all eligible individuals and businesses. "You cannot expect to benefit from services provided by government from taxes and yet refuse to contribute to paying your tax.

"Government at state and local government levels will, therefore, not hesitate to invoke the law to punish those found guilty of tax avoidance or evasion," he said.

Speaking on behalf of his colleagues, the Chairman of the TIC for Ilorin East Local Government, Alhaji Muhammed Dan Memoru, promised that they would discharge their responsibilities with utmost commitment. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ijagbo Health Centre     Popo-Igbonna     Idofin     Emir Of Lafiagi     Bolaji Aladie     BECE     Kamaldeen Gambari     Jaigbade Alao     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Hassan Taiye Salam     Ayobami Seriki     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Hassan Oyeleke     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Fatimah Abdulkadir     KWAFFA     Okanlawon Musa     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Wasiu Onidugbe     Oke-Oyi     Elewu     Yunus Lawal     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Binta Sulyman     Oyin-Zubair     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Abraysports FC     Abubakar Atiku     John Olobayo     Okin High School     Olatunji Ayeni     College Of Health     Share-Tsaragi     Lola Ashiru     Segun Ogunsola     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Sodiya     Oba Abdulraheem     Kwara 2015     Ahmed Bayero     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Summit University     Sobi Hill     Owo Arugbo     REO CAKES     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Abdulwahab Oba     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Ilorin South Constituency     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Azeez Bello     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     National Pilot     Yoruba     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Olatunde Olukoya     Doyin Group     Yahaya Muhammad     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Kwara 2023     Awodun     Micheal Imoudu     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Adanla-Irese     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Ganmo     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Aliyu Alhassan     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Oni Adebayo     Inside Kwara     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     David Adesina     Dele Belgore    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Siraj Oyewale     Isa Aremu     Ademola Kiyesola     Balikis Jawondo     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     General Hospital, Offa     Idris Amosa Saidu     Muhammed Abdullahi     Jumoke Gafar     Omotoso     Mazars Consulting     TETFUND     Bio Ibrahim     Kolawole Bashirat     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Benin Republic     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Undergraduate Bursary     Ibrahim Oniye     Saka Isau     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Saduki Lafiagi     Owo Isowo     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Elerinjare     Folorunsho Alao     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Musa Alhassan Buge     Riskat Opakunle     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Kwara South     Abdulfatai Baakini     Kale Belgore     Vasolar     Erubu Oba Zubair     Damilola Yusuf     Bola Magaji     Bamikole Omishore     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Idiagbon     Valsolar     Local Government Pension Board     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Oke-opin     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Col. Adedipe     Donatus Ejidike     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     KWSIEC     Kola Olota     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Olomu     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Fatai Olodo     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Woro     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Afonja     Bolaji Gambari     Peter Obi     Hauwa Nuru     Durosinlohun Atiku     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Toyin Saraki     Offorjama     Suleiman Ajadi     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Kayode Ishola     Sulyman Tejidini     Garba Ado Sanni     Bolakale Ayo     Shettima Of Ilorin