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.

Senate President     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Senate Presidency     Femi Ogunsola     Noah Yusuf     Vasolar     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Arandun     David Oyedepo     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Rebecca Bake     Adesoye     Tunde Kazeem     Apaokagi     Kayode Yusuf     IYA YUSUF     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Jani Ibrahim     Shehu Adaramaja     CCB     Okin Biscuits     John Obuh     Deji Ajani     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Alabe     Folorunsho Alao     Dele Momodu     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     07039448763     Gurei     Saad Omo\'ya     Kawu     Offa Poly     Adanla-Irese     Ibrahim Taiwo     Aliyu Sabi     NFAI     Muhammadu Gobir     Funmilayo Mohammed     Matthew Okedare     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Curfew     Nnazua     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Forgo Battery     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Ijakadi     Risikat Lawal     Ojuekun Sarumi     Kwara Consultative Forum     Pategi     Amada Jidda     Agboola Babatunde     Omu Aran     Niyi Ogundiran     Kwara Polytechnic     Abiodun Oyedepo     Eleyele     EndSARS     Mansur Alfanla     Kayode Laro     MMWG     Mubarak Oladosu     Orisa Bridge     Olaitan Buraimoh     Opobiyi     Aisha Buhari     MAI Akande     Nigeria Customs Service     Falokun-Oja     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     AbdulRauf Keji     Ayo Salami     Yomi Adeboye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kola Shittu     John Mayokun Dada     Chikanda     Bukola Saraki     Prince Bola Ajibola     Kwara United     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Hauwa Nuru     United Nigeria Congress Party     Lukman Adeloyin     SWAN     Aro Yahaya     Yashikira     Arik     Seun Bolaji     Old Oyo     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Abdulhakeem Amao     Abdulwahab Oba     IQRA College     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Pakata Patriots     Niyi Ogundiran     Oke-Kura     Monthly Sanitation     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Bolaji Nagode     Rashidi Yekini     Yaman     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Idris Garba     Okanlawon Musa     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Mazars Consulting     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Benin Republic     Opobiyi     LABTOP     Mogaji Aare     Erin-ile     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Tayo Awodiji     Ajasse-Ipo     Demola Banu     Baruten     Rachael Obisesan     Saba Jibril     Sherif Shagaya     IESA     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Funmi Salau     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Oba-Solagberu     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Kunle Suleiman     S.O. Opowoye     Babs Iwarere     Bukola Ajikobi     Shururat Olatinwo     Kisira     Malete     Mubarak Oladosu     Busari Alabi Alausa     SUBEB     Adamu Attah     Bluenile Associates     Edret Sabi Abel     Abraysports FC     Baba Isale     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Raheem Adaramaja     Quranic Recitation Competition     Afeyin-Olukuta     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata