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.

Ileloke     Awili Pedro     Kwara 2019     Raheem Adaramaja     Ayobami Akanbi     Ajidagba     KWSIEC     Kwara Pdp     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Tunji Moronfoye     Sola Saraki University     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Bolakale Kawu     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     KSIRS     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Adegoke Bamidele     Arik     Bareke     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Bayo Onimago     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Omotoso     Saad Belgore     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Modibo Kawu     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Omoniyi     Olabimpe Olani     Saka Adeyemo     Yakub Lai Gobir     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Nagode     HICA     Abdulwaheed Musa     National Pilot     Agor Market     Ibrahim Orire     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Young Progressives Party     Ishola Abdullahi     Ayodele Shittu     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Aremu Bose Deborah     Yemi Osinbajo     Isiaka Danmeromu     Talaka Parapo     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Kwara State Football Association     Iyabo Adewuyi     VADA     John Mayokun Dada     Dagbalodo     Garba Idris Ajia     Saka Saadu     Crystal Corner Shops     Ita-Nmo Market     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Abdullahi Atanda     Bashir Adigun     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Ibrahim Oniye     Otoge     Pategi     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Rihanat Ajia    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Offa Grammer School     Col. Adedipe     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Yakub Lai Gobir     Bayo Ajia     JSSCE     Toyin Saraki     Saliu Oluwole     Sobi FM     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Femi Oladiji     Sarah Alade     Tsado Manman     Ilorin South     KW-GIS     Segun Abifarin     Abubakar Suleiman     Olatinwo     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Sa\'adu Salau     SWAN     Bayo Ojo     Kola Adesina     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Emir Of Kano     Henry Makinwa     Magaji Nda     Ashiru     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     IYA YUSUF     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Oba Of Jebba     Idiagbon     Issa Baba     Kayode Alabi     Oloje     SGBN     ITEM 7     Kwara TV     Bukola Ajikobi     NIPOGA     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Kunbi Titiloye     Ahmed Bayero     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Lawan     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Hausa     Salami Adekunle     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Amos Bajeh     Lithium     Frootify     Lucky Omoluwa     Iliasu     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Nagode     Abubakar Ndakene     Gambari     MATTA Girls Foundation     Okiki     Old Oyo     Abraysports FC     Moses Salami     Baruba     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Erubu     Aminat Ahmed     Fatimat Saliu     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Tsaragi/Share     Samuel Adaramola     Patigi Regatta