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Edo local councils get N2.73bn April allocation

The Edo State Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC) has declared N2,730,334,577.24k as total allocation accrued to the 18 local government councils of the state from the Federation Account in the month of March and shared in April 2019.

Chairman, Oredo Local Government Area (LGA), Hon. Jenkins Osunde, disclosed this at the end of the monthly JAAC meeting presided over by Governor Godwin Obaseki, at the Government House, in Benin City.

Osunde, who is also Chairman, Edo State Chapter of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), noted that teachers and non-teachers’ salaries for the month of April gulped N53,752,047.77k, while primary school teachers’ salaries stood at N1,015,346,169.39k. He added that total teachers and non-teachers’ salaries under the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) is N1,069,096,217.16k.

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According to him, contributions for Local Government Pensions Fund is N285,870,198.51k, while N100m has been set aside for payment of pension arrears.

“Total deduction from LGAs is N1,674,955,245.90k and net allocation to LGAs is put at N1,055,379,331.34k. Total amount transferred to LGAs stands at N1,041,727,558.46k,” he added.

Osunde said, “Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for the month is N192,090,818.48k, while IGR shared to LGAs is N142,677,746.32k.”

May 5, 2019
Edo declares N2.91bn allocation for councils in Dec

…as LGAs record N2.21bn IGR in 2018

The Edo State Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC) has declared the sum of N2.91 billion as total allocation that accrued to the 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state for the month of December 2018.

Addressing journalists after the JAAC meeting chaired by Governor Godwin Obaseki, Chairman, Etsako Central Local Government Area, Hon. John Akhigbe, announced that the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from the 18 LGAs in 2018 stood at N2.21 billion.

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He noted that out of the total allocation of N2, 905,450,753.75, “teachers and non- teachers’ salary gulped N1.205, 284,772. 17, while N276, 144,513.64 was set aside for Local Government Contributory Pension.

According to him, total deduction for the month stood at N1.812, 970,536.91, while net allocation to the 18 LGAs was N1.092, 480,216.54.

Akhigbe said that the LGAs recorded improved IGR earnings as a result of the reforms and deployment of technology in revenue collection.

January 31, 2019
Edo LGAs get N2.97bn as April allocation

…Clears primary school teachers’ salaries with N1.11bn

The Edo State Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC), has disclosed that a total of N2.97 billion accrued to the 18 Local Government Councils in the state from the Federation Account for the month of April.

Chairman, Oredo Local Government Council, Hon. Jenkins Osunde, said this while briefing journalists after the JAAC meeting presided over by the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, at Government House, in Benin City.

Osunde said that from the allocation, salaries for primary school teachers gulped N1.11 billion; N100 million was deducted for pension arrears while N264 million was set aside as Pension Fund for the local government councils.

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According to him, the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from the 18 local government councils increased from N187 million recorded in April to N206 million generated in May.

Meanwhile, new executives of the Edo State Chapter of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), has been constituted, with Hon. Osunde, as chairman.

Other members of the new ALGON executives include Comrade John Akhigbe, Chairman, Etsako Central Local Council, as Vice Chairman; Hon. Victor Emuakhagbon, Chairman,Esan South East Local Council, as Secretary; while the Chairman of Esan Central Local Government Council, Hon. Waziri Edokpa, serves as the body’s Treasurer.

June 1, 2018
JAAC: Edo LGAs get N2.8bn for January

The Edo State Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC) has said that N2.8 billion accrued to the 18 local government councils in the state from the Federation Account in January and disbursed in February.

Head, Local Government Administration, Esan South East Local Government, Macaulay Ehonor, disclosed this at the end of JAAC meeting held at Government House, in Benin City and presided over by the state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.

“The total receipt for the month of January disbursed in February is two billion, eight hundred and twenty-five million, three hundred and three thousand, nine hundred and fifty-six-naira, forty two kobo (N2,825,303,956.42)”.

He said the total mandatory expenditure, which include teachers’ salaries, pension fund, health special intervention fund, training fund, five per cent for traditional council, stood at 1, 580, 942, 458.06.

He added that the total distributable fund that was shared by the 18 local government councils is 1, 230,234,978.03.

Ehonor explained that clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the state was deliberated at the meeting, noting, “As you will recall, the governor has directed the establishment of special committee in the local government councils to ensure that there is cordial relationship between the farmers and herdsmen to avoid breakdown of law and order in the state”.

He said the committees at the local government areas are chaired by the heads of local government administration. Other members at that level of the committee include Divisional Police Officer (DPOs) in their respective local government councils; the officer-in- charge of the state security service (SSS); two traditional rulers, the Seriki of Fulani and Hausa, making it a seven-man committee in each local government council.

He continued, “JAAC resolved to support the state government to ensure peace and security by working with the security agencies in the discharge of their duties. He added that they will provide vehicles for the special taskforce.”

Ehonor said the governor advised the people of the state to participate actively in the March 3^rd elections and maintain peace in the various local government areas.

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March 1, 2018
Edo, BEDC fashion strategy to boost electricity supply

The Edo State Government has devised strategies to ensure residents in the state get sufficient electricity supply, to boost socio-economic activities.

The state said the strategy is being perfected with the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), which has jurisdiction to supply electricity in the state and its environs.

This was disclosed by the Head, Local Government Administration, Uhunmwode Local Government Area, (LGA), Mr. Anthony Osa Kaduna Eboigbodin, at the end of the Edo State Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC) meeting held at Government House, in Benin City and presided over by the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.

Eboigbodin said that in the state, there are three intervention areas to be addressed, which include, “communities with adequate infrastructure but disagreements with the BEDC and its officials; communities with damaged infrastructure that needs to be fixed and far flung communities without infrastructure.”

He said the measures are being taken to address issues of the different communities, and that the state government has constituted a committee, which members include all 18 commissioners in the state. Other members of the committee, according to him, include Heads of Local Government Administrations and officials of BEDC.

He added that much as the measures are being taken to ensure that residents in the state get stable electricity for the Yuletide season, the effort is intended to put an end to issues of poor and erratic power supply across the state.

December 15, 2017
Edo pensioners get N212m

…as LGAs receive N2.87bn in September

The Edo State Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC) has released the sum of N212, 879, 000 for the payment of monthly pension out of the N2, 868, 174, 276 that accrued to the 18 local government councils as revenue for September, 2017.

The Head of Administration, Esan-West Local Government, Mr Desmond Imonikhe, disclosed this after the JAAC meeting in Government House, Benin City, on Friday.

According to Imonikhe, mandatory expenditure gulped the sum of N1.47billion while distributable revenue of N1.38billion was shared among the 18 local councils in the state.

He said there was a significant improvement in the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the 18 local councils.

Imonikhe also said that all Heads of local councils in the state have been mandated by the state governor to come up with figures of projected revenue through IGR in their respective councils.

He assured that the discrepancies between the actual monthly pension fund and receipt would be harmonised at subsequent JAAC meetings.

September 30, 2017