Mr. Bimbo Kolade, the State
Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftain Matters, who disclosed
this in Ibadan, stated that the N13,739,592,266.24 released to the
Ministry from the office of the State’s Accountant General comprised of
the April, May and June allocations for Local Governments in the state
and a share from Paris Club Re-fund.
Kolade said that N13,739,592,266.24bn
was inclusive of SUBEB funds, explaining that N3,088,014,271.45bn was
released for April, N3,396,208,585.99 for May and N5,255,369,408.80bn
for June while N2bn was released for Local government workers and
pensioners’ welfare by Governor Abiola Ajimobi from the refunded second
tranche N7.9 Paris Club fund.
The Commissioner charged all Caretaker
Chairmen to be prudent with the fund, expressing optimism that
outstanding salaries of some 15 Council areas put at an average of
2months will be offset.
He cautioned the Caretaker Chairmen
against over bloated staff strength which he said always make it
difficult for them to offset their wage bills promptly, urging that they
should limit their ad-hoc staff to only those they can afford to pay
their bills as at when due.
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