Kwara To Introduce New Salary Structure For LG Workers

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The Kwara State Government  has announced its plans to introduce a new salary structure for Local Government Councils in the state next month.

The state’s Commissioner for Local Governments, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development, Alhaji Haruna Muhammad, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Ilorin.

According to him, the new salary structure would reflect the findings of a panel on staff verification carried out in the 16 Local Government Councils in the state while adding that the salary arrears of Local Government workers in the state will also be addressed.

“The panel had submitted its report to the State Government and it is due for consideration soon. The government would have loved to start the implementation in July but it’s constrained by time.

“What determines our salary is inflow from the federation account, by September, we will start a new salary regime that will reflect our findings,” the commissioner said.

While explaining why there is a backlog of salaries of Local Government workers, Mohammed said the problem would be resolved as soon as the economy of the state improved.

He said that dwindling allocations from the federation account had affected local councils in their bids to carry out their statutory responsibilities.

The commissioner, however, said that internally generated revenues would be used to augment funds for the councils. He described the Joint Allocation Account Committee of the state as the most robust and enlarged, pointing out that it accommodated stakeholders from government and labour unions.