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.

Wale Oladepo     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     The Herald     Roheemat Hammed     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Kayode Issa     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Esinrogunjo     Durbar     Isiaka Oniwa     Issa Baba     Kulende-UITH     Balogun Fulani     Shonga     Femi Oladiji     Matthew Babaoye     Femi Ogunsola     Oloriegbe     IsDB     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Shuaibu Yaman     Babs Iwarere     Radio Kwara     Offa Poly     Charcoal     Kubra Kazum     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Tsaragi-Share     Kayode Ishola     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Jare Olatundun     Ayo Salami     Raji AbdulRasaq     Mujtabah Bature     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Mahee Abdulkadir     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Ajeigbe     Haliru Yahaya     Iliasu     Bilikis Oladimeji     Aminu Adisa Logun     NIPOGA     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Wahab Agbaje     Ahmed Bayero     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     NURTW     Bareke     Dan Masanin     Sheriff Shagaya     AbdulRauf Keji     Balogun Gambari     Alore     Galadiman Ngeri     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Alabe     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Omotoso     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Olaiya Lawal     Ilota     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Olusegun Adeniyi     Centre For Digital Economy     Offa Descendants Union     MAI Akande     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Ajayi Okasanmi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sherif Shagaya     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Vasolar Consultoria     Doyin Agbamu     Olatinwo     Oluwole Dupe     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Awwal Jawondo     Sebastine Obasi     Ayobami Seriki     Olatomiwa Williams     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Lanre Aremu     Kwara State University Of Education     Kishira     Shao     Madawaki     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Muhammadu Buhari     Khairat Gwadabe     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Taofeek Sanusi     Pategi     Sidikat Alaya     Oba-Solagberu     Adamu Attah     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Rafiu Ibrahim     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Kwara United     Dumagi     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Okin Group     Barakat Community Secondary School     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Tuesday Assayomo     Owode Market     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Islamic Development Bank     Abraham Ojo     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Fatai Olodo     National Information Technology Development Agency     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     AGM Professional Services     Illyasu Abdullahi     ARMTI     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     ASKOMP     Olawuyi     Tunji Oyawoye     KSIRS     Iyeru Grammar School     Ajase-Ipo     Mohammed Saidu     Okin Biscuit     Yoonus Lawal     BIR     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Facebook     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Arik     Habeeb Saidu     Ibrahim Mohammed     Elese Of Igbaja     Pacify Labs     Ishola Abdullahi     Aro Yahaya     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     COVID     Ahmed \'Lateef     Erin-ile     Lanre Jimoh     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Mujtabah Bature     Shehu Jimoh