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Abuja Municipal, Gwagwalada, Bwari top FCT Area councils’ revenue allocation

By on April 28, 2013
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Honourable Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide (middle); Permanent Secretary, FCT, Engr. John Obinna Chukwu (left) and Director of Admin and Finance, Area Council Services Secretariat, Alhaji Yusuf Tsaiyabu, during the FCT Area Councils Joint Account Allocation Committee Meeting in Abuja on Friday, April 26, 2013 .

Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Gwagwalada Area Council and Bwari Area Councils topped the revenue allocation distributed by the FCT Area Councils Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) for the month of March 2013.

The Honourable Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide, who chaired the meeting at the weekend, confirmed that the sum of N2,021,726,296.86 was received from the Federation Account Allocation Committee for the six Area Councils – Abaji, Abuja Municipal, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje and Kwali.

The Committee, according to the minister, distributed N228.44 million of the revenue received for the month of March 2013 to AMAC while N179.23 million and N173.44 million were allocated to Gwagwalada Area Council and Bwari Area Council, respectively.

The FCT Area Councils Joint Account Allocation Committee also distributed N157.22 million to Abaji Area Council, N155.12 million to Kuje Area Council and N137.33 million to Kwali Area Council.

In the preceding month (February 2013), a net allocation of N319.58 million was paid to AMAC while N233.77 million and N218.94 million were disbursed to Gwagwalada Area Council and Bwari Area Council.

Kuje Area Council received N205.91 million; Kwali Area Council, N194.79 million and Abaji Area Council, N193.92 million.

The minister gave the breakdown of the N2.021 billion from FAAC as: Statutory Allocation, N810.26 million; Value Added Tax, N932.21 million; Subsidy Reinvestment Programme, N56.77 million; Refund by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, N25.54 million and Budget Augmentation, N196.92 million.

Of the N2.021 billion revenue allocation, she disclosed that the JAAC transferred N875.66 million to the FCT Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB) for payment of the primary school teachers’ salaries in the area councils; N95.04 million to FCT Area Councils Pension Board (ACPB) being 15 per cent pension fund as statutorily required, and N20.21 million to FCT Area Councils Service Commission being one per cent training fund, also statutorily required

On SURE-P funds, Abuja Municipal got highest allocation of N16.77 million, followed by Bwari (N9.28 million), Gwagwalada (N8.50 million), Kwali (N7.79 million), Kuje (N7.45 million) and Abaji (N6.96 million).

At the JAAC meeting, the minister called for aggressive sensitisation of the public on the Clean and Green Greater Abuja Initiative.

“The Clean and Green Greater Abuja Initiative should be sustained. We need to intensify all efforts in the clearing of drains as we enter into the raining season.

“There is need for an audit of the schools and markets in the area councils to ascertain which schools and markets have water and toilets. It is imperative that our schools and markets must have water and toilet facilities,’ Akinjide stated.

She directed that a monthly report on the performance of the Area Councils should be presented at the JAAC meeting by the Inspectorate and Monitoring Department of the Area Council Service Secretariat.

She commended the four outgoing Chairmen of the Area Councils for their cooperation and support to the FCT Administration in realising its programmes for the Area Councils.

She enjoined them to continue to offer support to the Administration and the newly elected chairmen of their Area Councils.

Three of the four Area Council Chairmen – Hon. Danladi Etsu Zhin (Kuje), Hon. Zakari Angulu Dobi (Gwagwalada) and Hon. Yahaya Mohammed (Abaji) have served the required two terms in office while the Kwali Area Council Chairman, Hon. Joseph Shazin of the All Nigeria Peoples Progressives, lost his position to the Peoples Democratic candidate at the recently held election in the area councils.

The JAAC meeting was attended by the new Permanent Secretary, FCT, Engr. John Obinna Chukwu; Hon. Zakari Angulu Dobi, Hon. Micah Jiba; Chairman Hon. Joseph Shazin, and Hon. Yahaya Muhammad, and Director, Admin & Finance, Area Council Services Secretariat, Alhaji Yusuf Tsaiyabu.

Others at the meeting were: Director of Treasury, FCT, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Bomai; Director of Economic Planning, Research & Statistics, Alhaji Ari Isa Mohammed; Auditor General for FCT Area Councils, Dr. Fred Omaka; acting Director of Satellite Towns Development Agency (STDA), Engr. Tony Efediyi; Head of Environment, Mr. Segun Olusa; Special Assistant to the Minister of State on Environment, Mr. Ayo Sotinrin; Special Assistant to the Minister of State on Area Councils, Mr. Peter Fwa, and heads of environment in the six Area Councils, among others.

Signed:

Oluyinka Akintunde
Special Assistant (Media & Publicity) to the Hon. Minister of State for FCT
28th April, 2013