Kwara Government Probes 21-Year Salary Non-Payment to Jebba Monarch

Date: 2024-05-21

According to News report from Punch, The Kwara State Government is investigating the non-payment of salaries and emoluments to Oba Abdulkadir Adebara, the Oba of Jebba, in Moro Local Government Area, for the past 21 years.

This was disclosed by the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Bata, on Monday.

Successive governments since 2003 have failed to pay the salaries of the 103-year-old monarch, who has spent over 21 years on the throne, despite a state High Court judgment ordering the upgrade and payment of the monarch's salaries.

Bata addressed the issue during a ministerial briefing on the achievements of Governor Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in his first year of the second term in office. He explained that the non-payment of the monarch's salary is a long-standing issue.

The Commissioner provided these details while responding to questions from reporters in Ilorin.

Bata said, “The issue of payment to salaried Oba of Jebba is a long-standing problem that this administration inherited. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is well aware of the problem. This ministry is also aware.

“A lot of report has been written to us and I want to assure that the governor has directed to investigate the issue to know the problem so that a lasting solution to the issue is found. By the grace of God we are on top of it and we will find a lasting solution to it.”

Bata stressed that the government had made available a quantum of funds to pay some ungraded chiefs in the state, adding that no fewer than 500 chiefs in both Kwara Central and Kwara North Senatorial zones were identified and paid their emoluments in the last month.

He said that about 150 chiefs were identified in Kaiama Emirate while equal numbers were identified in the three Emirates in Edu local government as well as one Emirate in Patigi local government.

He said that many classrooms were built by the local government administration in the 16 local government areas of the state.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Gamji Members Association     IHS     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Joseph Offorjama     Saka Keji     Muritala Awodun     Rachael Obisesan     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     AGILE Programme     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Tosin Saraki     Offorjama     Ilorin West     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Belgore     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Ilorin Like-Minds     Mohammed Saidu     Isau     Amada Jidda     Olaitan Buraimoh     Elerinjare     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Shuaib Jawondo     Omotosho     Ijagbo Health Centre     ITP     Baba Isale     Moses Salami     Dairo Kunle Paul     Abdullahi Atanda     Bello Abubakar     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Sarakite     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Quranic Recitation Competition     KWASEIC     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Gbenga Olawepo     Donatus Ejidike     Harafat E. Mukadam     Ayo Opadokun     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Atiku Abubakar     SUBEB     Bureau Of Lands     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Alaro     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Abubakar Imam     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Ibrahim Labaika     Kawu     Paul Olawoore     CT Ayeni     Aliyu Umar     Sambo Murtala     Azeez Salawu     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Gobirawa     KW-GIS     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     A.O. Belgore     Olupako Of Share     Saad Omo\'ya     Aminat Omodara     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Sango-UITH Road     Kolade Solagberu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Alagbado     Elewu     Dairo Kunle Paul     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Alaiye     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Federal Allocation     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Amos Justus Sayo     Memunat Monsuma     Oke-Ero     Sai Kayi     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Durosinlohun Kawu     Usman Rifun     Abraysports FC     National Broadcasting Commission     Esuwoye     Ajasse-Ipo     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Forgo Battery     3MTT     New Naira Notes     Yahaya Muhammad     Alfa Belgore     Awodun     ITEM 7     Tunde Saad     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Ilesha Gwanara Road     VADA     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Titus Ashaolu     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Mohammed Yisa     Yunus Oniboki     Ayinde Oki     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Michael Nzekwe     Abdullahi Biffo     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Kulende-UITH     Oluronke Adeyemi     Isau     Danladi     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Saka Aleshinloye     Tafida Of Ilorin     Kolawole Bashirat     Firdaos Amasa     Third Estate     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Abubakar B.M     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Saadu Yusuf     Afeyin-Olukuta     Igbaja     Abdullahi Atanda     March 18     Bayo Onimago     Oba-Solagberu     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Col. Adedipe     Tafida     New Nigeria People’s Party     Iqra Books     Temi Kolawole     Dele Momodu     Zainab Abass     Issa Baba     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Saliu Tunde Bello     Wahab Issa