The Edo
Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC) on Wednesday said that the total
allocation for the 18 Local Government Councils in the state for the month of
August was N2, 146,235,377. Edo state Governor and his Deputy jubilating with
APC
supporters Head of Owan East Local Government Administration, Mr. Akeena
Ade-Akhani, presented the figures after the JAAC Meeting presided over by Governor
Godwin Obaseki, at the Government House in Benin City. He said the amount spent
on mandatory expenditures was N1, 440, 618, 407, which includes N1, 091, 012,
888 for teachers’ salary, while the distributable sum left for the 18 local
councils was put at N705, 616, 970. Ade-Akhani added that the sum of N212,
879,888 was used for the payment of local government pensioners. He further
said that the meeting reviewed the use of electronic-system for revenue
collection in the state which has recorded appreciable success and emphasized
that the state government was not deducting any money from the local government
allocations. Photo Caption: Head of Owan East Local Government Administration,
Mr. Akeena Ade-Akhani (2nd from left), addressing journalists after the monthly
JAAC meeting at the Government House in Benin City on Wednesday, August 30,
2017
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