We augmented LG allocations with N33.25bn in 4yrs – Ogun govt

The Ogun State Government has said it augmented councils’ allocations with N33.25 billion in the last four years to enable them to meet their obligations.

The government maintained that it does not interfere with how local government funds are managed in the state.

The Chief Economic Adviser to the Governor, Dapo Okubadejo, disclosed this to journalists while dispelling the allegation of the suspended chairman of Ijebu East LGA, Wale Adedayo, that the governor has been diverting LG funds.

Adedayo had accused Governor Abiodun of withholding the statutory federal allocation due to local governments in the state in the last two years.

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But Okunbadejo, while dispelling the allegation, insisted that LG monthly allocations from the federation account were not even enough to pay salaries of primary school teachers, local government staff, pensions, gratuities and other frontline charges, adding that the state had been supporting local councils with additional funds to make up for the shortfalls.