Governor AbdulRazaq Advocates for Full Local Government Autonomy

Date: 2024-06-12

According to a news report from the Kwara State Government Facebook Page, kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, affirmed his support for full autonomy for local government areas on Tuesday.

He clarified that the state's stance in the ongoing legal proceedings regarding local government autonomy is that Kwara State does not violate any legal provisions on the matter.

"It is my personal belief that each local government should manage its resources and be responsible for its obligations, including wages that are first line charges. I also believe that the State Governor should not be held liable if any local government is unable to pay salaries since we do not touch a kobo of their money.

"We also do not have any joint project accounts with any local government in the state, as was the case with the previous administration in our state," according to a statement by the Governor.

"These are my personal beliefs. But my personal belief is not necessarily the same as the letters of the law, including the provisions of the JAAC, which is a creation of the Constitution. As of today, local government allocations are sent to the JAAC as required by the law. Section 162 of the Constitution is very clear on this.

"As things stand today, no activity of the local government in Kwara State is at variance with these provisions of the law. Our case in the court is not about my personal belief. It is, we believe, in the defence of the constitution, which created JAAC for reasons that are well-grounded in our experiences as a people. JAAC, in summary, pulls resources together to pay all teachers, health workers, traditional rulers, and other statutory duties listed in the schedule of the local government areas. If we all want these to change as a national consensus, we believe that the constitution will have to be amended to expunge JAAC."

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Rachael Obisesan     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     TESCOM     Usman Yunusa     Gbenga Adebayo     Ayo Opadokun     Doyin Group     Nnazua     Albert Ogunsola     Offa Poly     Fatimat Saliu     International Vocational Centre     Ilorin West     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     University Road     Sidikat Akaje     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Tunde Saad     V.O. Abioye     Quran     Salake     Alaro     Adekunle David Dunmade     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Sheriff Shagaya     Oro Grammar School     QuickWin     Orire     Lithium Deposit     Ilorin International Airport     20 Billion Bond     Durbar     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Mukhtar Shagaya     Yoonus Lawal     Isin     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Temitope Ogunbanke     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Abubakar Ndakene     Mohammed Saidu     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Raymond Olaitan     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Jawondo     Olusegun Adeniyi     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Bolaji Aladie     Third Estate     IF-K     Nigerian Correctional Service     Sulyman Buhari     Bankole Omisore     Wasiu Onidugbe     Sola Saraki University     Aso Ofi     Kwara University Of Education     Plat Technologies     Awodun     Senate President     Ilorin Emirate     Hassan Saliu     Ahmad Belgore     Otoge     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Oniwa     Cornelius Adebayo     Emir Of Kano     Baba Issa Awoye     Sambo Murtala    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ilota     Kwara State University Of Education     IsDB     Kayode Ibrahim     Ile Arugbo     KWAFFA     Adedeji Onimago     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     NULGE     CELF     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     National Broadcasting Commission     Saliu Mustapha     Ali Ahmad     Sunset Workers     TIC     Esuwoye     KFA     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Amos Justus Sayo     Royal FM     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Rueben Parejo     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Sardauna     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     S.O. Opowoye     Salami Adekunle     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Mohammed Lawal     20 Billion Bond     Isau     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Doyin Awoyale     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Bareke     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Kanu Agabi     Sam Okaula     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Hassan A. Saliu     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Ayinde Oki     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Abdulrosheed Okiki     March 28     Muritala Olarewaju     Toyosi Thomas     Oke-Ero     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Ita-Ore     Ajidagba     Olokoba     Emir Of Shonga     Isiaka Yusuf     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     TESCOM     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Kayode Issa     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Isa Aremu     VADA     Dasuki Belgore     Olabode George Towoju     Ajasse-Ipo     Bolakale Saka     Bisi Kristien     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Mustapha Akanbi     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Amule     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran