Chairman of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON Abia State chapter, Chinedu Ekeke has explained why financial allocations coming from the Federation accounts have continued to drop in the Joint Account Allocation Committee, JAAC and not directly to the local government areas.
According to him, the Federal government is still thinking about how to handle the judgement of the Supreme Court concerning financial autonomy of local government areas in the country.
Ekeke stated this on Friday at Government House in Umuahia while reacting to allegations by a member of the opposition party that Governor Alex Otti was hijacking funds meant for the development of rural communities.
Ekeke, who spoke on behalf of other council Chairmen in Abia, said that Abia LGAs were not being starved of funds for projects by the State government.
“On the Supreme Court judgement, the local governments are funded from the JAAC accounts because the funds go to the JAAC accounts. They don’t come to the local governments straight.
“The Federal government is probably trying to look for a way to handle that”, Ekeke said.
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