Speaking at the plenary session, the State’s House of Assembly Deputy Speaker Isaac Auta, who presided Tusday’s plenary, said the house received a message from the Executive asking it to make provisions for the councils.
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The Chairman of BON, John Ugbe, made the call on Tuesday in Kano at the launching of Digital Switch Over in the state.
This was contained in a statement by the Director of Press and Public Affairs to the Governor, Simon Macham.
While the Federal Government and its agencies received a total sum of N3.04 trillion, other tiers of government shared N4.18 trillion.
Hassan Dodo, Director of Information in the Ministry, quoted Ahmed as disclosing this in a statement issued at the end of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee meeting in Abuja on Wednesday.
Ahmed said this in a statement by Hassan Dodo, Director for Information of the Ministry, at the end of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee meeting in Abuja.
Ahmed Idris, the Accountant-General of the Federation, says States and Local Government Councils will receive additional funds from February following the implementation of the 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax.
This amount includes the 10 per cent of the State government’s Internally Generated Revenue distributable for the month, representing N43,458,040.87.
Ahmed gave the assurance while speaking with chairpersons of Local Government Councils and representatives of ex-councillors at Government House, Ilorin.
Ahmed gave the assurance on Thursday while speaking with chairpersons of the councils and representatives of ex-councillors at Government House, Ilorin.
Addressing a press conference in Lagos on Monday, Ademola Adewale, the Coordinator of the group, frowned at the flagrant violations of the provisions of the constitution by State Governments on the conduct of local elections