21 Council Chairmen refuses to release financial record in Adamawa

21 Council Chairmen refuses to release financial record in Adamawa

Twenty One Council Chairmen currently seeking an extension of tenure from the State Assembly have decided not to release their financial records to the House Committees for Perusal.

The Chairmen had however conducted the respective committees round their projects but while other Council Chairmen were confirmed to have submitted their accompanying documents, many have not made available their financial records hence the Assembly Committee’s dateline.

Members of the State House of Assembly however gave 24 hours to the affected Chairmen to submit their statement of Accounts and Documents on Internally Generated Revenues.

Other documents to be submitted to the Central Committee on Assessment of the Projects include; residual balance since inception to date, documents on the projects executed and any document pertaining the finances of their LGCs within 24 ho learnt that lack of submission of the documents to the ad hoc committees as required for upward submission to the Central Committee had affected the presentation of the reports on the assessment of the projects before the assembly on Monday.

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The ad hoc committees had on Thursday and Friday last week visited all the 21 LGAs where they assessed the developmental projects executed by the chairmen, and directed the affected chairmen to submit the documents for verification and submission.

The committees were last week directed by the Speaker of the assembly, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, to submit their reports to the Central Committee for consideration on Monday this week

But during Monday resumed plenary session, the Chairman ADHA Committee on Local Government Affairs and member representing Nasarawo Binyeri constituency, Hon. Umar Nashon Gubi, told his Honourable colleagues that “the reports are not ready yet”.

However, he pleaded with his colleagues to exercise patience as the reports will be available within 24 hours, and called on the chairmen of the LGC to submit their documents to the Central Committee with immediate effect.

Hon. Nashon, commended his colleagues for taking their time to tour all the LGAs, assuring that the reports will be ready in due course for necessary action.

 Hon. Abdullahi Umar Yapak (Verre constituency) informed the Assembly of an imminent stalemate on the side of the Councils and the committees cannot be able to submit their reports without the accompanying documents.

Hon. Yapak said that the chairmen were requested to submit their Account Books on or before Friday last week, but to the dismay of the Committee, Some LGC Chairmen refused to comply.

21 Council Chairmen refuses to release financial record in Adamawa