Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has urged the new local government councils chairmen in the state to find a sustainable solution to salary crisis in their local governments.
The governor showed concern over the plight of local government workers, pensioners, basic education workers and other workers experiencing salary and pension delays.
“I feel your pain. I feel your pain in the messages I receive from some of you, in the pleas of your leadership, the challenges faced by your families and the distress expressed in the public about your distress,’’ the governor said.
“Work with the legislature to enact enabling laws where non-exist, to back effective revenue drive and with Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) to exploit existing revenue lines.
“Every local government, especially those in the cosmopolitan and populated areas, has latent revenue opportunities that must be identified and exploited without imposing additional burden on the people.
“That is the only way your administrations can survive and meet the people’s expectations,” Ahmed said.
He advised them to prioritize due process and prudence in the administration of their various councils.
The governor warned them to shun unnecessary appointments, ostentatious living and other conducts that could call their integrity to question and hamper capacity to uplift the people in these challenging times.
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