By Demola Akinyemi
ILORIN – The kwara State government said it has sourced for N210m to assist the local governments across the state meet their primary obligations in view of the continued shortfall in the federal monthly allocations to the state.

Commissioner for Finance, Alh Demola Banu said this on Tuesday in Ilorin at a press conference after a crucial meeting with all the local governments chairmen in the ministry’s conference room.

‎Banu noted that since year 2011 till date,the NNPC had refused to remit over N3trillion to the federation account, a development he claimed was largely responsible for the shortfalls in the monthly allocations.

He described the development as aberration and illegal saying that all monies must first be paid into the federation account before they are appropriated for spending.

“When we asked them in our meeting in Abuja why they did remit this money, they claimed that it was spent on fuel subsidy, which we all know was not properly accounted for” added the commissioner.

Banu however assured civil servants and other stakeholders in the state that the present administration in spite of the challenges would continue to do everything within its means to meet their yearning and aspirations in order to move the state forward