The Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, has decried the non-payment of impress and furniture allowances to some deputy chairmen of the 13 local government councils by their chairmen.
The speaker however assured the affected deputy council chairmen that the issues would be resolved amicably to enable them perform their duties without hitches and for effective service delivery, peace and unity.
He stated this while playing host to the forum of Deputy Chairmen of the 13 local government areas in his office in Lafia on Thursday.
He said the payment of the allowances would also improve their standard of living and that of their family members, among other people.
“I will not be happy if I am in your shoes. I will not take the issue likely, you have joint tickets with your chairmen, payment of your allowances is constitutional.
“I want to appreciate you for the visit and I want to assure you of my leadership’s readiness to address your challenges.
“I have heard all your complaints and your issues will be addressed amicably.
“I will invite the chairmen and you people for a round table discussion in order to solve the issue once and for all,” he said.
The speaker appreciated the deputy chairmen for the show of understanding and support to their chairmen and called for its sustenance.
He also called on them to support Gov. Abdullahi Sule’s administration to succeed.
Earlier, Mr Lawal Karshi, the Chairman of the forum and Deputy Chairman of Karu Local Governent Council, said that the visit was to congratulate Abdullahi on his election as the speaker of the Seventh Assembly.
He assured the speaker of their prayers and support at all times.
The chairman of the forum, however, appealed to the speaker to intervene on non-payment of impress and furniture allowances by some local government chairmen to their deputies.
“Sir, we want to appeal to you to intervene in the area of increasing our monthly impress of N200,000 considering the present economic challenges.
“We are also appealing to you to intervene for constant payment of our monthly impress and furniture allowances,” he said. (NAN). READ ALSO:
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