***As FCTA disburses N2.6b to area councils, stakeholders
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has admonished the six Area council chairmen to brace up in making judicious use of the August allocation despite a marked short-fall.
The shortfall stood at N243,430,007.13 as the FCTA recieved N2,648,651,923.16 as statutory allocation for August against N2,892,081,930.29 disbursed to area councils and other stakeholders in the month of July, 2022.
Special adviser on media to FCT Minister of State Austine Elemue in a statement said the FCTA disbursed N2,648,651,923.16 to six Area Councils in the FCT and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for the month of August, 2022.
He quoted the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, who presided over the 169th Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC), to have also emphasised on the need to improve sanitation and primary healthcare in the area councils, especially now that political campaigns have been declared open.
The minister said; “I know the revenue allocation for this month is small, but you should make judicious use of what you have.
“I say this because this is the era of political campaigns whereby opponents are out to seize every little opportunity to blackmail those in power. Therefore, I urge you to pay attention to sanitation and primary healthcare in the area councils”.
However, a breakdown of the figures released during the JAAC meeting indicate that the sum of N370,280,634.39 was made available for distribution to the six area councils, while the sum of N2,278,371,288.77billion was made available to other stakeholders, bringing the total sum to N2,648,651,923.16billion.
Similarly, disbursement to area councils show that the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), received N77,916,414.47million, while Gwagwalada got N52,800,000.91million and Kuje received N91,066,291.32million.
Other area councils include, Bwari Area Council which received N47,017,877.83million, Abaji got N59,050,970.93million while Kwali received N42,429,078.93million, bringing the total sum to N370,280,634.39million disbursed to the six area councils.
On the disbursement to other critical stakeholders include: Primary School Teachers which gulped N1,917,556,374.33billion, 15 percent Pension Funds took N226,478,989.57million, One percent Training Fund gulped N26,486,519.24million, while 10 percent Employer Pension Contribution gulped N107,849,405.63million, bringing the total sum to N2,278,371,288.77billion.