Ogun 20 LGAs Receive N5.233bn In August

 

        

The 20 Local Governments in Ogun State have received a total of five billion, two hundred and thirty-three million, three hundred and seventy-nine thousand, eight hundred and thirty-four naira, thirty Kobo (N5,233,379,834.30) among the them as their statutory monthly allocation from the Federation Account

The Permanent Secretary and Accountant-General of the State Treasury, Mr. Babatunde Aregbesola  announced the disbursement during the August 2023 edition of  the State Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) meeting  held at the Conference Hall, Oba’s Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

He outlined that the sum of five billion, two hundred and thirty-three million, three hundred and seventy-nine thousand, eight hundred and thirty-four naira, thirty Kobo (N5,233,379,834.30) from Statutory Revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT), Exchange Difference and Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) accrued to the 20 Local Government Areas in the State for August 2023.

          

He revealed that a total of (five billion,one hundred and forty-three million, one hundred and thirty-eight thousand,six hundred and fifty -two naira and seventy-five Kobo) N5, 143,138,652. 75 would be used to pay the first-line charges, which include, Primary School Teachers’ Salary, Local Government Staff Salaries and Allowances, Traditional Councils, as well as Pensions, among others

                   

Also speaking, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Dr. Rotimiolu Akinlesi, in his welcome address at the meeting, said the purpose of the meeting was to foster accountability, transparency, and integrity, noting that the Chairmen of the Local Governments were there to represent and seek the interest of the people.

         

He called on the Chairmen to carry out more developmental projects in their various council areas, commending them for the feats achieved in the last two years, despite various challenges facing the nation.

                 

In their various remarks, representatives of the Ijebu Traditional Council, the Obiri of Ayepe, Oba Adebisi Okubanjo, and the Chairman of the Local Government Pensioners’ Association of Nigeria, Pastor Benedict Ademoye, applauded the State Government for the consistency of the meeting, which had aided them in giving appropriate facts and figures as related to Local Government allocation in the State.