The Governor of Nasarawa State, Central Nigeria, Engr Abdullahi Sule has scraped the Development Areas, replacing them with Administrative Area Councils as well abolished the State and Local Government Joint Account Committee, JAC,following the Supreme Court judgement granting Financial Autonomy to the 3rd Tier of Govt.
Mr Peter Ahemba, Senior Special Assistant (SS-A) to the Governor on Public Affairs, stated this at a press conference on Tuesday in Lafia.
The SSA was accompanied at the conference by Ibrahim Addra, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, and Ali Abare, Senior Special Assistant on Media to the governor.
Ahemba explained that the action complied with the decision of the Supreme Court on the autonomy of the area council.
He further said that the administration of Gov. Sule is law-abiding and had decided to grant full autonomy to LGAs to enable them to achieve their full potential.
“The governor is one of the accountable and transparent administration in the country who believes in the rule of law and has nothing to hide,” he added.
On the implementation of the new minimum wage, the governor’s aide said that government was willing to implement the N70,000 minimum wage.
“You could recall that the governor wanted to implement the new wage since August with the arrears of three months.
“But the organised labour preferred the implementation of their promotions first, and the governor agreed with their request.
“The government is ready to begin a discussion on the new minimum wage now that the promotion was successfully implemented and the template was released by the Federal Government,” he added.
He, therefore, assured that the government would continue to prioritise the welfare of the citizens through the provision of quality infrastructure and investment in the agricultural sector to address hunger and poverty. (www.krestnews.com)