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  • Kano Assembly approves interim committees for 44 LGs

    Kano Assembly approves interim committees for 44 LGs

    The Kano State House of Assembly has approved the appointment of Interim Management Committees to oversee the affairs of the 44 local government councils of the State.

    This followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs at plenary on Thursday.

    Gov. Abba Yusuf, had sent a list of the nominees to the House for confirmation as members of the local councils Interim Management Committees.

    Presenting the report, the committee’s Chairman, Malam Zubairu Masu, said that the committee found the nominees worthy of appointment as members of the Interim Management Committee.

    “Based on the recommendations of the ad hoc committee’s report, the House unanimously agreed to appoint the nominees to the interim management committees (IMCs).

    “The resolution passed today by the House will be forwarded to Gov. Abba Yusuf for their swearing in as members of the Interim Management Committee for the 44 local government councils,” he said.

  • Tinubu, floors Atiku, Obi, others, wins 18 Ondo LGAs seamlessly [See results]

    Tinubu, floors Atiku, Obi, others, wins 18 Ondo LGAs seamlessly [See results]

    The Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, floored the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku with 246,477 votes in the election held last Saturday in Ondo state.

    Tinubu cleared all the 18 council areas of the state, polling 361,944 votes as against Atiku’s 115,467 votes.

    The State’s Returning Officer and the Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Prof Abayomi Fashakin, announced the results in Akure, the Ondo state capital, last night.

    The Presidential election results across the 18 council areas of the state are as follows:-

    1** Irele local government

    Registered voters. 25,102

    Accredited voters. 25,102

    APC. 17,334

    LP. 704

    NNPP. 06

    PDP. 6,523

    Valid votes. 25,102

    Invalid votes. 765

    Total votes cast. 25,867

    2** Idanre local government

    Registered voters- 89,670

    Accredited voters- 28,083

    APC 13,061

    LP 2,262

    NNPP 24

    PDP 10,532

    Valid votes 26,967

    Invalid votes 1,058

    Total votes cast 28,025

    3***Ose LG

    Registered voters -69697

    Accredited voters- 21121

    APC 14376

    LP 2,031

    NNPP 23

    PDP 4767

    Valid votes 21640

    Invalid votes 473

    Total votes cast 22113

    4** Owo LGA

    Registered voters -137055

    Accredited voters- 40405

    APC 21,480

    LP 3200

    NNPP 51
    PDP 5173

    Valid votes 39042

    Invalid votes 1363

    Total votes cast 40,405

    5** Ondo East

    Registered voters -49912

    Accredited voters- 15660

    APC 8390

    LP 2,004

    NNPP 55

    PDP 3912

    Valid votes 15149

    Invalid votes 507

    Total votes cast 15656

    6** Akure North

    Registered voters -79272

    Accredited voters- 22917

    APC 14,261

    LP = 2,945

    NNPP 69

    PDP 4637

    Valid votes 22874

    Invalid votes 1024

    Total votes cast 23898

    7** Akoko Southwest

    Registered voters 107651

    Accredited voters- 36383

    APC 28,367

    LP 920

    NNPP 28

    PDP 5376

    Valid votes 35577

    Invalid votes 781

    Total votes cast 36358

    8** Akoko Southeast

    Registered voters 40592

    Accredited voters- 14783

    APC 10,765

    LP 470

    NNPP 07

    PDP – 3016

    Valid votes 14549

    Invalid votes 234

    Total votes cast 14783

    9** Ifedore LGA

    Registered voters 81275

    Accredited voters- 22834

    APC -15,055

    LP 954

    NNPP- 08

    PDP-45360

    Valid votes 22150

    Invalid votes 684

    Total votes cast 22834

    10** Akoko Northeast

    Registered voters 89636

    Accredited voters-30546

    APC-25757

    LP-124

    NNPP 16

    PDP 2400

    Valid votes 29910

    Invalid votes 636

    Total votes cast 30546

    11** Akoko Northwest

    Registered voters81855

    Accredited voters-31575

    APC-24,633

    LP 736

    NNPP- 08

    PDP 5200

    Valid votes 31020

    Invalid votes 555

    Total votes cast 31575

    12** Ondo West

    Registered voters – 186806

    Accredited voters-43,720

    APC 24,053

    LP 6171

    NNPP 161

    PDP 8534

    valid votes 41494

    Invalid votes 2169

    Total votes cast 43,663

    13** Ile- Oluji/ Okeigbo

    Registered voters 79,572

    Accredited voters-24,817

    APC 14,750

    LP 1076

    NNPP 27

    PDP 6,199

    Invalid votes 1096

    Total votes cast 24,662

    14.* Ese-Odo

    APC 11,160

    LP 1709

    NNPP 28

    PDP 8200

    15.* ILAJE

    APC 19,173

    LP 1143

    NNPP 17

    PDP 6780

    16 * Akure South

    APC 45,694

    LP 13,950

    NNPP 136

    PDP 9047

    17***. Odigbo

    APC-27,521

    LP-3,507

    PDP-7,786

    18 Okitipupa

    APC- 26,114

    LP- 1,826

    PDP-12,025

  • Insecurity: Jigawa restricts movement of motorcycles in 27 LGAs

    Insecurity: Jigawa restricts movement of motorcycles in 27 LGAs

    The Jigawa State Government has restricted the movement of motorcycles from 9:00 pm to 6:00 am in all the 27 Local Government Areas over the rising insecurity in the state.

    The state Chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Bala Chamo, disclosed this on Wednesday during an interview with journalists in Dutse.

    Chamo, who is also the chairman of Dutse Local Government Council, said that the measure was taken after the state’s Security Council observed the increasing number of security threats and decided to take steps to curtail them.

    “Most of the attacks we recorded in the state are being carried out using the motorcycles by the attackers,” he said.

    “The abductors who recently kidnapped one traditional title holder in Taura, a renowned businessman in Zango in Miga local government and several other places in recent times in the state were found using bikes.

    “The ban has become imperative to checkmate the activities of criminals terrorizing some parts of the state.

    “Considering the present security issue, there is a need to gear up security measures from the state down to our local level as we are recording several security concerns”.

    Chamo also noted that commercial motorcycle riders in the state were duly informed through their leadership, warning that anybody found violating the new order would face the wrath of the law as all security agencies were directed to ensure total compliance in all the nooks and crannies of the state.

    According to him, the new order which would take effect from September 9 across the 27 local government areas would involve both private and commercial motorcycles.

  • Elections postponed in four Kaduna LGAs over insecurity

    Elections postponed in four Kaduna LGAs over insecurity

    The Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission has rescheduled the Chairmanship and Councillorship elections initially scheduled to hold on Saturday in four Local Government Areas.

    Chairman of the Commission, Saratu Dikko Audu, who announced the suspension on Friday said the decision followed security reports that it will be impossible to conduct a peaceful election in those places.

    The affected Local Government Areas are Birnin Gwari, Chikun, Zango Kataf and Kajuru.

    Election in the four LGAs will now hold on September 25.

    According to Audu, the new date will enable security agencies to be able to fully deploy their operatives to those local governments in order to prevent any breakdown of law and order.

  • Nasarawa Governor grants full financial autonomy to 13 LGAs

    Nasarawa Governor grants full financial autonomy to 13 LGAs

    Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Dr Emmanuel Akabe says, the administration of Governor Abdullahi Sule has granted full financial autonomy to the 13 LGAs of the State.

    He stated this yesterday while declaring open a two day training workshop, organized for members and staff of the Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission.

    The deputy governor who represented the governor at the event assured that the state government will not interfere in the conduct of council elections, but will support the full independence of the commission and other assistance to conduct free, fair and credible council elections.

    “In a society like ours, free, fair and credible election constitutes the basic principle of democracy. In this regards, electoral administrators are the drivers who ensure that the tenets of democracy are greatly enhanced through election” he said

    Speaking earlier, chairman, Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC), Ayuba Wandai Usman, said the objective of the training was to boost the morale of staff of the commission

    “The objective of the training is to boost the morale of our staff, bring them in tune with recent developments in election management techniques and to introduce electoral best practices in the commission in line with the policy thrust of the Engr Abdullahi Sule administration.”

    According to him, the theme of the training workshop ‘conduct of credible election into local government councils,’ was carefully chosen because “it holistically covers our intention to put in place a modern day election management body.”

  • FG, States, LGAs share N640.3bn for January

    FG, States, LGAs share N640.3bn for January

    The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N640.310 billion to the three tiers of government for January.

    Mr Hassan Dodo, the Director of Information, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, said this was made known in a communique issued at the end of virtual conference of FAAC on Thursday.

    The committee in its communique explained that the amount shared by the Federal Government, States and Local Government Areas (LGAs) included cost of collection to different agencies involved.

    It noted that N640.310 billion shared included cost of collection to Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).

    The committee also noted that the Federal Government received N226.998 billion, the states received N177.171 billion and the LGAs got N131.399 billion.

    It added that the oil producing states received N26.777 billion as derivation (13 per cent of Mineral Revenue) and Cost of Collection/Transfer and Refunds got N75.966 billion.

    According to the communique, the Gross Revenue available from the Value Added Tax (VAT) for January was N157.351 billion.

    It stated that this was against N171.358 billion distributed in the preceding month of December 2020, resulting in a decrease of N14.007 billion.

    “The distribution is as follows: Federal Government got N21.950 billion, the states received N73.168 billion, LGAs got N51.218 billion, while Cost of Collection – FIRS and NCS got N11.015 billion.

    “The distributed Statutory Revenue of N482.958 billion received for the month was higher than the N437.256 billion received for the previous month by N45.703 billion.

    “From this, the Federal Government received N205.047 billon, states got N104.003 billion, LGAs got N80.162 billion, Derivation (13 per cent Mineral Revenue) got N28.777 billion and Cost of Collection/ Transfer and Refund got N64.951 billion.”

    The communique also revealed that Companies Income Tax (CIT) and Oil and Gas Royalty, VAT, and Excise Duty recorded marginal to significant decreases.

    However, Import Duty increased only marginally and Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) recorded a considerable increase.

    Furthermore, the balance in the Excess Crude Account as at Feb. 18 was 72.412 million dollars.

  • Lagos identifies four LGAs to be worst affected by flood, warns residents to relocate

    Lagos identifies four LGAs to be worst affected by flood, warns residents to relocate

    The Lagos State Government on Thursday identified four local governments that may be sacked by rampaging flood between now and September and asked residents in the affected areas to be prepared to relocate.

    The LGs are: Lagos Mainland, Mushin, Ibeju-Lekki and Ikorodu.

    The State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources in a release signed by the Commissioner, Mr Tunji Bello, said the four listed Local Governments areas will witness more high intensity rainfall between now and September.

    He therefore urged the residents of the listed four LGs, especially those with structures in low lying areas to relocate during this period to avoid any untoward incident which may come with flooding and resultant loss of lives and properties.

    Tunji Bello, quoting excepts from the Annual Flood Outlook released by the Hydrological Services Agency on May 28 this year, also identified 14 other Local Government areas as those who would face probable flood risks this year.

    He listed the Local Governments with probable flood risks as Lagos Island, Alimosho, Amuwo Odofin, Ikeja, Kosofe, Eti-Osa, Apapa, Ojo, Oshodi/Isolo, Agege, Ifako Ijaiye, Badagry, Surulere and Ajeromi-Ifelodun.

    The Commissioner stated that the Ministry will intensify efforts at clearing and cleaning the drains and removing pet bottles and styro foams as exemplified by the efforts of the Emergency Flood Abatement Gang all over the black spots in the state.

    He added that it is regrettable that several heaps of pet plastic bottles, styro foams and solid waste are daily being excavated from the drainage channels in areas like Mushin, Idi Oro, Idi Araba, LUTH and Mile 2.

    Bello stressed that investigation has also shown that some traders especially in Mushin dump waste from their daily sales and articles straight into the drains, thus inhibiting the free flow of water into its channels.

    He urged residents to desist from clogging drainage channels with refuse especially those already cleaned up recently, adding that the unpatriotic act of some residents is putting the lives of those working on the drains in danger.

    Bello said anyone caught dumping refuse in any drainage channel will face the full wrath of the law.

    He appealed to residents of Bariga who have been adversely affected by sandfilling carried out in the area in the past to bear with the state as the ministry is working assiduously to ensure that the alignment is properly restored.

  • Only three LGs are COVID-19 free in Lagos – Commissioner

    Only three LGs are COVID-19 free in Lagos – Commissioner

    The Lagos State Government has said only three out of the 20 local governments in the state have not recorded confirmed coronavirus [COVID-19] cases.

    Professor Akin Abayomi, the Commissioner for Health in the state, made the disclosure on Sunday during a briefing on the outbreak of the disease in Lagos.

    Although he did not state the actual figure of cases recorded, he explained that the highest number of infections were recorded in the Lagos Mainland Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.

    “Looking at the local government distribution of cases, you can see that the majority of cases are in the Lagos mainland (LGA), followed by Eti-Osa (LGA).

    “Then runs closely behind is Ikeja, and we are beginning to see a bit of activity in Alimosho (LGA),” the commissioner said.

    According to him, it appears that there are one or two clusters of infections in Alimosho LGA and there are cases that come into the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba.

    “Of note, there are three local governments where we have not identified any case of COVID-19 yet and those are Ajeromi, Epe and Ojo,” Professor Abayomi added.

    Stressing the profile of COVID-19 cases in the state, he noted that the state now has an accumulated number of 306 confirmed cases.

    He stated that 93 of the cases have fully recovered and discharged while 194 cases were active across the isolation facilities in the state.

    The commissioner said, “Unfortunately, we have recorded as of today (Sunday), 14 deaths directly related to COVID-19 infection.

    “The age distribution and gender; again, we are seeing most of our cases between the age of 30 and 50 and that probably represents why we have a good outcome with our patients.”

    Professor Abayomi said the state would be worried about patients who would be infected over the age of 70, saying that has been identified globally as a risk factor for the pandemic.

    He revealed that a majority of the COVID-19 patients at the government’s facilities were males, representing 70 per cent while the rest were females.

    The commissioner also confirmed that the government has begun to take the test to various communities by decentralising the sampling centres in various local governments.

    He added that the testing capacity of the state has increased to about 1,000 daily, while the turnaround time has improved to less than 24 hours.

  • FG, States, LGAs share N679.699bn in May

    FG, States, LGAs share N679.699bn in May

    A total of N679.699 billion has been distributed as Federal Allocation for the month of May, 2019 between the Federal Government, State Governments and Local Government Councils.

    The communiqué issued by the Technical sub -Committee of Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) at the joint session held at the African House of the Kano State Government House after the 3rd Treasury Workshop and read by the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed ldris, said, that the Gross statutory revenue received is N571.731 billion which is higher than the N518.916 billion received in the previous month by N52.815 billion.

    Revenues from Oil Royalty and Companies Income Tax (CIT) improved tremendously while Petroleum Profits Tax (PPT) decreased significantly. Import Duty and Value Added Tax (VAT), only recorded marginal increases.

    The distributable Statutory Revenue for the month is N571.731. The total revenue distributable for the current month (including VAT and Exchange Gain Difference) is N679.699 billion.

    Therefore, from the Net Statutory Revenue, Federal Government received N284.163 billion representing 52.68%; States received N187.605 billion representing 26.72%; Local Government Councils received N140.997 billion representing 20.60%; while the Oil Producing States received N40.436 billion also representing 13% derivation revenue.

    The Cost of Collection, Transfer and FIRS Refund comes up to N26.498 billion.

    Furthermore, the gross Revenue available from the Value Added Tax (VAT), was N106.826 Billion as against N96.485 Billion distributed in the preceding month, resulting in an increase of N10.341 Billion.

    The breakdown of the distribution has the Federal Government receiving N15.383 billion representing 15%; the States received N51.277 billion representing 50% while the Local Government Councils received N35.894 billion also representing 35%.

    The balance on Excess Crude Account is $63 Million.

  • FAAC Shares N619.857Bn to FG, States LGAs in March

    From Jonas Ike, Abuja

    The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared to the three tiers of government a total of N619.857 billion federal revenue generated in the month of February 2019, shared in March 2019.
    The Committee announced that as at 27thMarch 2019, the Excess Crude Account had the sum of $183 million.
    The total distributable revenue of N619.857 billion comprised revenues from various sources namely: distributable statutory revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT), Exchange Gain, Excess Bank Charges recovered and Forex Equalization.
    The gross statutory revenue for the month was N478.434 billion; revenue from Value Added Tax (VAT) was N96.389 billion; Exchange Gain was N0.858 billion and Forex Equalisation revenue was N44.176 billion.
    A communique issued by the Federation Account Allocation Committee indicated that from the total revenue of N619.857 billion, the Federal Government received N257.681 billion, the States received N169.925, the Local Government Councils received N127.722 billion. The Oil Producing States received N50.946 billion as 13% derivation revenue and the Revenue Generating Agencies received N13.582 billion as cost of revenue collection.
    The gross statutory revenue of N478.434 billion received for the month of February 2019 was lower than the N505.246 billion received in the previous month by N26.812 billion.
    The gross revenue from Value Added Tax (VAT) was N96.389 billion as against N104.468 billion distributed in the previous month, resulting in a decrease of N8.079 billion. From the total revenue from VAT, the Federal Government received N13.880 billion, the States received N46.267 billion, the Local Government Councils received N32.387 billion and the Revenue Generating Agencies received N3.855 billion.
    The communique stated that for the month of January 2019, the federation crude oil sales increased by about 46%, resulting in increased federation revenue from $425.00 million previously to $574.95 million.