LG polls: Grassroots development a mirage in Akwa Ibom – Civil Servants
They made the disclosure following the information that over 90 percent of Local government Chairmen in the State have indicated interest to return for a second term.
They, however, wondered why 28 out of the 31 local government chairmen in the State would kick against local government financial autonomy, noting that they were merely acting the scripts of the State government. “When you come back to the council, you take N2m as a security vote. You left the bulk of your council income with the joint account. Now, what is the salary bill of your LGA that should have swept all that was left in the joint account? What would you use in developing your area? All because of how you came into office.”
He said that in most cases, the local government Chairmen are being misled by the career civil servants with the promises of retiring funds for projects not executed..
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