Tag: LGAs
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…