FG Cannot Stop States, LG Joint Projects – Adamawa Gov

The Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, has said the Federal Government and the National Assembly cannot determine how local governments will spend their allocations.

Speaking in an interview on Channels TV’s Hard Copy programme, Fintiri stated that there was nothing wrong for the state and local government to operate a consolidated account for joint project.

He said, “Who is dictating to the Federal Government how they spend their money? Who is dictating to the National Assembly how they expend their subvention? If the local government decides that we have a joint project, that we want to do collectively and they have budgeted for it, and they move this money into a consolidated account, what is wrong with that?”

Reacting to the recent intervention of the Senate on the matter, the Governor said, “I think the Senate is just trying to overheat the system by trying to make themselves relevant in the present circumstances of hardship, instead of facing their job and addressing issues that concern the ordinary citizen.

“The issue of electricity tariff, the various taxes they are trying to introduce now that are before them, and the issue of oil subsidy. They are busy talking about autonomy that has already been ruled on by the Supreme Court, and nobody is against that. We are all happy to have received that.”

The Governor stated further that since he resumed office, local governments in his state have been enjoying autonomy, adding that he published the money that goes to the local government monthly.