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Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday lent his help behind full autonomy for native authorities administration within the nation.
Governor AbdulRazaq acknowledged it whereas clarifying the place of the state within the ongoing authorized proceedings on native authorities, saying the state doesn’t violate any part of the legislation concerning its autonomy.
The governor made this clarification in a press release signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye.
“It’s my private perception that every native authorities ought to handle its sources and be accountable for its obligations, together with wages which are first line expenses. I additionally imagine that the State Governor shouldn’t be held liable if any native authorities is unable to pay salaries since we don’t contact a kobo of their cash.
“We additionally should not have any joint mission accounts with any native authorities within the state, as was the case with the earlier administration in our state
“These are my private beliefs. However my private perception will not be essentially the identical because the letters of the legislation, together with the provisions of the JAAC, which is a creation of the Structure. As of immediately, native authorities allocations are despatched to the JAAC as required by the legislation. Part 162 of the Structure may be very clear on this.
“As issues stand immediately, no exercise of the native authorities in Kwara State is at variance with these provisions of the legislation. Our case within the court docket will not be about my private perception. It’s, we imagine, within the defence of the structure, which created JAAC for causes which are well-grounded in our experiences as a individuals. JAAC, in abstract, pulls sources collectively to pay all academics, well being staff, conventional rulers, and different statutory duties listed within the schedule of the native authorities areas. If all of us need these to alter as a nationwide consensus, we imagine that the structure must be amended to expunge JAAC,” AbdulRazaq stated.