….says the gov has also denied them of statutory IGR
Starved of statutory revenue from the Federal and state government for many years, the 20 Ogun local councils have taken their plight to elder statesman, Chief Olusegun Osoba, asking for his intervention.
In a letter, which it was learnt has the support of all chairmen, chairman for Ijebu East council, Wale Adedayo, asked Chief Osoba to convince Governor Dapo Abiodun to allow the Federal statutory allocation reach each of the councils.
In June, the Federal Account Allocation Committee(FAAC) gave Ogun councils N4.9 billion. This rose to N5.6 billion in July. But the money did not reach the councils.
“Since we (Ogun State Local Government Chairmen) got on board in 2021, it has been ZERO Federal Allocation to each local government.
“The 10% of the state’s Internally Generated Revenue, which the Constitution also stipulated should go to the local governments has not been given since Abiodun got into office”, Adedayo wrote.
The denial of funding to local councils was responsible for the loss of some of the councils in the last general election, as the councils are unable to do any good for their people.
“I am not proud to say that we (Local Government Chairmen) have done very little or NOTHING since we were sworn in because the funds to work are being withheld by Mr. Governor”, Adedayo said.
The hijacking of local councils money by the state intensified under the administration of Governor Ibikunle Amosun.
Abiodun during his campaign in 2019 had promised to remedy this illegality. But he never kept to his promise as the councils stay famished.
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