Governor Nasir El Rufai has vowed that District and Village Heads in the state will not denied their security votes so that they can engage in curbing crime and insecurity with the right reports in the state.
His words, “When we assumed office, we found out that what local governments were paying District and Village Heads was nothing to write home about. In fact, Ward Heads were not paid anything. In some local governments, District and Village Heads had not been paid for several months because of lack of funds.
“The restructuring freed up resources of local governments as they can now pay salaries. Before we came, eight area councils couldn’t pay salaries without a bail-out from state government.”
“A Ward Head is better placed to know which household has a new born child. This will ease vaccination and the collation of other demographics. The task is huge and it requires resources to carry out. That is why we want to introduce the security allowance.”
“Before we came, the chunk of state resources was pocketed by a few elite, leaving the people who actually need government’s help with nothing. We were determined to change this trend and this didn’t go down well with many people and several interest groups.”
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