“After collecting monthly allocations and doing little or nothing with them, these same governors seize money meant for the local government councils and sit on it. The governors are amassing wealth at the expense of the hoi polloi while the citizenry blame FG. This is still going on despite the Supreme Court ruling that FG should pay the local government councils directly,” MURIC added.
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ASHENEWS reports that the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) on Wednesday convened a meeting to discuss the growing momentum for a planned protest in the country.
ASHENEWS reports that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says it will support the victims of the School collapse which occurred on Friday in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
“Our people don’t know how much states expend in bailing out local governments, and that’s the issue there.”
The Supreme Court has barred governors from dissolving democratically elected Local Government (LG) councils in the country. The apex court,…
“This notion is not only dictatorial but also undermines the very essence as well as the model adopted for creating a national wage in Nigeria,” the Union said in a Friday statement by its Head of Information and Public Affairs Benson Upah.
ASHENEWS reports that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says its members will continue to engage with key stakeholders in order to reach a mutually agreeable position on the new national minimum wage.
Some governors in attendance include Dauda Lawal (Zamfara), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), and Charles Soludo (Anambra) among others. The deputy governors of Borno and Delta State were also physically present.
The event aims to bolster the ability of State commissioners, Directors General, advisors, and officials of governments, to secure finance for their development needs.
ASHENEWS reports that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says that State Governments are currently in the process of deciding the respective minimum wage rate payable by them.