Tag: LG
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Saraki restates support for LG autonomy
President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has reiterated his support for local government autonomy in the country. Saraki, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Sanni Onogu, in Abuja on Saturday, said this during a visit by the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), led by its National President,…
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Photos, videos of children voting in Kano’s LG elections misleading – Ganduje
…says ‘I can’t be controlled from outside’ Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has said viral photos and videos of underage children voting in last Saturday’s local government elections as ‘propaganda’ used by his political enemies to thwart his goodwill in the state. Recall that the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, won 100 per cent…
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Osun LG election witnesses low turnout
Osun Local Government Election witnessed a low turnout on Saturday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN correspondents monitored the election in Osogbo, Ayedade, Irewole and Ile-Ife Local Government Areas. They report that ad-hoc staff of the State Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) arrived at polling units on time but with just a few voters…
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FAAC: FG, States, LGs share N655bn revenue in December
The federal and the other tiers of government on Tuesday shared a total of N655.177 billion as revenue that accrued to the Federation Account and proceeds of the Value Added Tax in December 2017. The money was shared at Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting in Abuja yesterday. Addressing journalists at the end of the…
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FG, States, LG share N637.7bn revenue in September
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, has disclosed that the Federal Government, States and Local Governments shared N637.704 billion in September. Idris made this known at the end of the monthly Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the sum indicated a rise in the revenue shared…
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We pay 60% of LG workers in Nasarawa for idleness – Commissioner
The Nasarawa State Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Haruna Osegba, has said more than 60 per cent of local government workers in the state are receiving salaries for doing nothing. “We have discovered that over 60 percent of staff at the local government levels are not going to work, but only come…
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Just in: Senate rejects devolution, approves autonomy for LG’s
The several calls for restructuring hit a brick wall on Wednesday as the Nigerian Senate voted to reject a proposal to amend the 1999 Constitution to devolve more powers to the states. Using electronic voting, 48 of 95 Senators present voted against the proposal, which had been challenged on Tuesday by Adamu Aliero, who argued…
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BREAKING: Senate approves INEC to conduct LG elections
The Senate at the plenary on Tuesday approved that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to conduct local government area elections. President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, who presided over the debate on the report by the National Assembly Joint Committee on Constitution Review, put the proposed amendment to vote and the ayes had it.…
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Why Lagos LG election was delayed – LASIEC
Chairman of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Ayotunde Phillips, has attributed the delayed take off of the voting process in Saturday’s council polls in some parts of the state to heavy downpour. Speaking with newsmen while monitoring some polling units in Yaba area of the state, she said the downpour affected the movements…
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#LagosCouncilPolls: Police Arrest 5 with incriminating materials
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Lagos State Police Command on Saturday arrested five men with incriminating materials in Ikeja, as the local government elections got underway. The spokesman for the command, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, confirmed the arrest in Lagos. Famous-Cole said that the suspects, who claimed to be agents to a political party, were…