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WHY COUNCIL CHAIRMEN CAN'T PAY SALARIES --- MOFE EDEMA

The chairman of Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, Hon. Mofe Edema has explained why council chairmen in the state cannot pay workers' salaries, noting that allocation from the federal government has drastically reduced.
Speaking in his office, the Warri South Council Chairman said the council has a deficit of about three million naira in last December salaries.
While lamenting that the state of the local government councils was very bad, Hon. Edema stressed that they are being owed salaries for close to six months now, a situation he said even the last bailout by the federal government could not resolve.
He said, "The Federal Government gave us a bailout which covered only two months. And since that time of bailout, more months have accumulated. The allocation for December that I got in January, I got a minus three million deficits. The one we got in February is eight million plus. So how do we cope with this?
On the way forward, the council boss called for patience and understanding on the part of the workers, stressing that these are tough times that needed the cooperation of everybody to survive.
On internally generated revenue, Hon. Edema said the council is taking the issue of revenue very serious this year, adding that the list of contractors that will be involved in generating revenue for the council were out, while given to contractors will be paid directly to the council account.
Hon. Edema who absolved the State government of any blame in the situation the council s found themselves, said that the State government has been sympathetic with the plight of the council workers, and have therefore, been augmenting what comes from the federal government's allocation.
"While some people are clamouring for the autonomy of the local government, that is not to say that the state government tampers with our money. Also, if you look at it very critically, how many local governments are viable? Up till this very moment, the state government still arguments what comes to the local government, " Hon. Edema said.

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