The Governor specifically charged them to investigate issues surrounding the inability of local government councils in the state to effect payment of salary of their workers.
While noting that the councils, being the third-tier of governance, were charged with the responsibility of ensuring development at the grassroots, the Governor expressed dismay that has not been the case in spite of the fact that the councils presently enjoy relative financial autonomy.
He cited accumulated pension arrears, percentage payment and backlog of gratuity, among others, as evidence of failure on the part of the councils in the discharge of their constitutional responsibility, with the situation causing despair and despondency among local government workers.
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