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.

Charles Ibitoye     Oke Sunna     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Firdaos Amasa     Saadu Yusuf     Ahmad Uthman     Mutawalle     Face Masks     Sulaiman Gado     Undergraduate Bursary     Just Law Forum     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Muritala Olarewaju     Salman Suleiman     Sam Onile     Quran     Guber Aspirant     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Leke Ogungbe     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Bolakale Kawu     Oluronke Adeyemi     Farouk Salim     Lai Mohammed     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Ganiyu Abolarin     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     African Democratic Congress     Harrison Osauwagboe     Kwasu     Maryam A. Garuba     Summit University     Irepodun     Isau     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     University Road     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Okasanmi Ajayi     Gbenga Awoyale     Deji Ajani     Playing Host     YAKOOYO     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Maimunat Oniyangi     Yomi Ogunsola     SARS     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Ladi Hassan     Salihu S. Yaru     Adeniyi Ojo     Muhammadu Buhari     NIPR     Emmanuel Bello     Ramadhan     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Suleiman Mora Omar     Col. Taiwo     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Oke-Odo     Marufat Oladosu     Salake     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Lotus Bank     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Mohammed Saidu     Kemi Adeosun     Minimum Wage     Kamaldeen Gambari     IYA ALFA NLA     SWAN     Tunde Saad     Oke-Ode     Risikat Lawal     Tunji Folami     Adesina Simon Sodiya     HICA    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Mohammed Danjuma     Quareeb Islamic Association     AIT Ilorin     Patience Jonathan     Salaudeen Oyewale     Shehu Adaramaja     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Okin Biscuit     Chikanda     Sarah Jubril     Alabi Lawal     Balogun-Ojomu     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     REO CAKES     Rotimi Oyedepo     Ghali Alaaya     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Amule     Ibrahim Gambari     Abdullahi Atanda     Ibrahim Taiwo     Sanusi Abubakar     KWAFFA     Sayomi     Ike Ekweremadu     Abdulrasaq Alaro     TETFUND     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Bola Tinubu     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Noah Yusuf     Gbugbu     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Kunle Akogun     Ayo Opadokun     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Muritala Olarewaju     Ariyo     Taofeek Ibraheem     UNILORIN Alumni     Jelili Yusuf     Waheed Ibrahim     Ajase-Ipo     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Moshood Mustapha     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Okanlawon Taiwo     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Abdulwahab Ololele     Akanbi-Oke     Dankaka     Christopher Ayeni     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Kola Adesina     Olatunji Moronfoye     Magaji Are     Iyeru Grammar School     Onilorin     Ibrahim Akaje     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Tunji Moronfoye     Bayo Ajia     Azeez Bello     Erubu     Apado     Babs Iwarere     Sam Onile     Harrison Osauwagboe     Ohoro Of Shao     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi