Nasarawa Govt seeks harmony among council administrators

Nasarawa Govt seeks harmony among council administrators
By Awayi Kuje
Harmony
Dari (Nasarawa State), July 17, 2019 (NAN) The Nasarawa State Government has called on local government chairmen and development area overseers to work together for the growth of the state.
Mr John Mamman, the Special Adviser to Gov. Abdullahi Sule on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, made the call on Wednesday at Dari-Kokona while fielding questions from newsmen on local government autonomy.
He said that such harmonious working relationship would help in boosting grassroots development, improving the welfare of the people and promoting peaceful co-existence in the state.
“The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) law is very clear; it recognises the local government, but development areas are also important part of the state.
“I don’t think there should be any friction between the elected chairmen and appointed overseers of development areas in the state.
“What we did during the Joint Accounts Allocation Committee (JAAC) is that we gave the chairmen of various local governments their salary templates.
“The templates contained salaries of local government staff, those of the staff of development areas and the traditional rulers, among others.
“What the chairmen need to do therefore is to follow those templates and disburse the money appropriated to their councils in the interest of peace and harmony.
“It is in view of this that I want to call on the chairmen of local governments and overseers of development areas to work in harmony so that we have peaceful co-existence,” he said.
While calling on council workers to be dedicated to their duties so as to bring about the needed development, the special adviser assured them of government’s commitment to improving their standard of living. (NAN)
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Edited by ‘Wale Sadeeq/Muhammad Suleiman Tola