Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Monday called for the devolution of more resources to states to enable them meet their numerous challenges.
Mimiko stated this in Akure, the state capital, when he received officials of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, led by a Commissioner in the commission, Ajibola Fagboyegun.
The governor said that some of the items contained in the exclusive list, including issues of security and power, were also being handled by the state governments.
According to him, the state, which is a closer tier of government to the people, contends with various challenges affecting the socio-economic development of the people.
While noting that the issue of review of revenue allocation is long overdue, Mimiko commended the commission for the bold step taken to revisit the allocation formula.
He said: “We are in total support of devolution of resources to states because a lot of activities are going on in the states.
“Nigerians believe that more resources must be devolved to the states.
“We believe that the Federal Government is having much while little goes to the components.”
Earlier, Fagboyegun said that the commission had commenced the process of review of the current revenue allocation formula.
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