Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has dissolved the joint account system beforehand shared between the state authorities and its 13 Native Authorities Areas, permitting larger monetary independence for the native councils.
This determination follows a latest Supreme Court docket ruling supporting monetary autonomy for Nigeria’s 774 native governments.
The Senior Particular Assistant to the Governor on Public Affairs, Mr. Peter Ahemba, disclosed the event on Tuesday in Lafia, noting that the governor’s determination was in response to the Supreme Court docket’s July 11 judgment.
The ruling said that native governments ought to obtain their allocations instantly, bypassing state accounts, and mandated that states with out elected native governments ought to have their funds withheld.
In a press release, Ahemba mentioned that abolishing the joint account system would allow native councils to provoke their very own developmental initiatives independently, selling grassroots progress.
Ahemba additionally addressed the difficulty of the brand new minimal wage. “The governor was able to implement the N70,000 minimal wage way back to August and supplied to pay arrears for 3 months,” he defined.
Nonetheless, attributable to discussions with organized labor, the choice was delayed in favor of implementing workers promotions first. “The federal government is now ready to start discussions on the brand new minimal wage for the reason that promotions are accomplished,” Ahemba said.
In closing, Ahemba highlighted plans for infrastructure enhancements, agricultural investments, and different initiatives geared toward bettering the standard of life for Nasarawa State residents.
