The government of Kwara State has said it will pay workers despite its lean purse.
It added that it will augment the August
2016 federal allocation to local government councils with N180 million
to ensure workers were paid.
Commissioner for Finance Alhaji Demola
Banu, who addressed reporters after the August meeting of the Joint
Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) in Ilorin, yesterday, said the
August statutory allocation for the 16 councils stood at
N1,014,706,902.57, with an exchange gain difference of N132,284,863.09
and refund of bank charges of N5,680,991.19.
The commissioner explained that the fund
was appropriated in line with laws guiding the local government
account, which included LG and LGEA pension N109,255,955.11 (10 per
cent), Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from the government
N59,400,000, among others. Senior Special Assistant on Media and
Communications to the governor Dr. Muideen Akorede restated the
government’s commitment to solving the lingering salary crisis.
Source: The Nation
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