Nasarawa State Governor Tanko Al-Makura yesterday swore in local government chairmen at the Government House in Lafia.
The governor urged them to improve their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR).
He said: “I urge you to devise ways of increasing your frontiers of revenue generation. This is important as it will help in reducing your reliance on statutory revenue allocation from the Federation Account.
“By extension, as communities whose population thrives in agriculture, I urge you to assist your farmers towards maximising production of crops which your localities have comparative advantage. You can always partner the Ministry of Agriculture in coming up with blueprints to galvanise your initiatives.”
Speaker of the Assembly, Ibrahim Abdullahi, and other lawmakers were barred from the inauguration as they were stopped at the gate.
A lawmaker, who pleaded for anonymity, noted that this is the fifth time Abdullahi is denied access to the Government House, saying it shows the growing frosty relationship between the executive and the legislature.
According to him, the lawmakers were denied access in the presence of the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to Governor Tanko Al-Makura.
The CSO maintained that there is a standing order that nobody should be allowed in.