Economy

LGs Receive N5.233 billion from Ogun JAAC

By Web News 598

By Bolanle Adesida

Ogun State Joint Account Allocation Committee, JAAC, has disbursed N5.233 billion among the 20 local government areas in the state.

Speaking at the JAAC meeting held at Oke-Mosan Abeokuta, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Dr Rotimiolu Akinlesi, called on the chairmen to carry out more developmental projects in their various council areas.

While commending the local government chairmen for the feats achieved in the last two years, despite various challenges facing the nation, Dr Akinlesi said the purpose of the gathering was to foster accountability, transparency, and integrity.

Also, the Permanent Secretary and Accountant-General of the State Treasury, Mr Babatunde Aregbesola explained that the allocations would be used to pay local government staff and primary school teachers’ salaries, allowances of the Traditional Councils, as well as pensions, among others.

In their separate remarks, the Obiri of Ayepe, Oba Adebisi Okubanjo, and the Chairman of the Local Government Pensioners Association of Nigeria, Pastor Benedict Ademoye said the meeting had given them opportunity to know appropriate facts and figures about local government allocations in the State.

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Politics

Oyo Assembly Mandates LGs, LCDAs Chairmen to Submit Account of Stewardship

By Web News 661

The Oyo State House of Assembly has mandated all Chairmen of the 33 local government areas and 35 local council development areas (LCDAs) to submit an account of their stewardship by next Friday. 

After the submission, the Adhoc committee of the Assembly is expected to scrutinize the activities of the LGs and LCDAs in terms of records, accounts, projects and contracts from December 2020 till date. 

This move, according to the Assembly, is in recognition of the fact that the current tenure and operation of transition committee Chairmen in LGAs and LCDAs will expire on March 19 in anticipation of the conduct of local government election on May 15. 

According to a motion presented by Chairman, House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr Ademola Popoola, the stewardship report would prevent the caretaker committees from foisting liabilities on the incoming democratically elected government.

Meanwhile, the resolution by the committee to carrying out another oversight not long after one was done last November was earlier objected by Mrs Wumi Oladeji of Ogbomoso North and Mr Isiaka Kazeem of Oyo East/Oyo West constituency. 

Mosope Kehinde