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All stakeholders in Revenue generation in the Sixteen (16)
Local Government areas of Ekiti State have been charged to put in more
effort that would improve the Internally Generated Revenue of their
respective areas.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and
Community Development, Mr. Ayoola Owolabi gave the charge in Ado-Ekiti
at a forum on revenue generation.
Mr. Owolabi, who gave the reason for organizing the forum to
include peer review that is expected to foster healthy rivalry between
the sixteen Local Government areas which would further reduce
over-dependence on Federal Allocation that is not even enough to take
care of all expenses at the grassroots.
He said the forum will afford stakeholders the opportunity to
learn from professionals who are performing well and make necessary
correction.
The Permanent Secretary, who added that the forum demonstrated the
commitment of the Ministry to its supervisory and oversight functions
in Local Government administration that would further make them
financially viable as well as guarantee both administrative efficiency
and effectiveness at the councils noted that Local Councils cannot
continue to depend on Federal allocation to run their affairs.
He enjoined stakeholders in revenue generation across the State to
restrategise with the aim of blocking all leakages of revenue for the
IGR drive to be sufficient and ultimately bring comic relief to the
councils.
Mr. Owolabi commended the Fayemi-led administration for providing
enabling environment for enhancing revenue generation across the
State. He advised the general public to co-operate with Rate Officers
when they approach them for revenue collection.
