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  • * Laments Lack Of Development At Grassroots

By David Odama (In Lafia, Nasarawa State)

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, on Monday, summoned the State Commissioner for Local Government, Community Development and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Yusuf Aliyu Turaki, the Commissioner for Finance, Mr Daniel Agyeno and the State Accountant General, Mr Zakka Yakubu, to appear before it today, September 27, 2022, by 10am at the Assembly Chamber.

The directive is to enable the affected government officials to explain to the Assembly how the State Financial, Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability ( SFTAS) Funds, Ecological funds, State Internally Generated Revenue and Paris Club funds were received and disbursed amongst the various tiers of government in the state, especially the LGs.

Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, gave the directive when the Chief Whip of the House, Hon. Muhammed Agah Muluku, moved a motion on the matter during the House plenary in Lafia on Monday.

According to the Speaker, the directive was not a witchhunt, but to enable the government officials explain how the funds have been expended between the state and local governments as well as to ensure that the right things are done for speedy development at the grassroots.

"We have over N400 million Ecological fund, no kobo was given to the local government to address ecological problems in their areas. How can local government develop without finances. If, actually, we want development at the local government, there is the need to invite those involved in managing government resources and activities to appear before us to explain why there is no development at the grassroots", the Speaker said.

He added that, "It is in view of this that we invite the State Commissioner for Local Government, Community Development and Chieftaincy Affairs, the Commissioner for Finance, and Accountant General of the State to appear before us on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, by 10am at the chamber.

"I have said it severally, that we are all elected to represent our people in the state assembly. The people we are representing will judge us, posterity will judge us and God will judge us, based on our actions and inactions. These are judgements that await us.

"In the process of discharging our duties, we will receive condemnations and insults from people who do not understand how the legislative arm of government work. We are doing our best to protect the system. How can we allow something that was for local government to be diverted somewhere? We have to investigate that.

"The assembly has passed a law on how state finances should be disbursed amongst the tiers of government in the state especially the LG law, and we will not sit and watch the abuse of the laws passed by this Honourable House", he stated.

The Speaker assured the state government of continued partnership for the good of the State, stressing that the House, in doing that, will not support what will be detrimental to the development and the lives of the people of the state, especially those at the grassroots.

In their contributions at the floor of the House , Hon Mohammed Okpoku, Hon Daniel Ogazi and Hon David Maiyaki, lamented lack of finances being allocated to the local government which, they said, has affected development at the grassroots.

The Lawmakers were worried that if urgent steps were not taken, the aim of establishing the local governments would be defeated, attributing the councils inability to execute projects and perform their duties effectively to lack of funds at their disposals.

Earlier, the Chief Whip of the House, Hon Muhammed Agah Muluku , while raising the matter under matters of public interest, said that there was need for those involved in managing government funds to explain how State Financial, Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability ( SFTAS) Funds, Ecological fund, Internally Generated Revenue and Paris Club were received and utilised by the tiers of government in the state. NNL.

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