– Vice Chairman 71,088.00 SupervisoryCouncillor 67,441.67 SecretaryGL. Level 12 and above
By Usman Umar Sahabi
Adamawa State House of Assembly has considered and approved N75,692.67 as remuneration for each Local Government Transition Committee Chairman.
The house resolution followed a request letter forwarded to the house by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri to review the remuneration of local government transition committee members in Adamawa State.
The letter was read on the floor of the house by the speaker Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas who presided Monday’s resumed session.
The approval of transition committee remuneration followed House approval to Governor Fintiri’s request to appoint caretaker committees after the state electoral commission failed to conduct election for fresh chairmen and councillors for the council areas.
The Governor informed the House at Monday’s sitting that pursuant to section 4 (2) of the Adamawa State Local Government Establishment and Administration (Amendment) Law No.4 of 2019 which provides that where for any verifiable reason it is not practically possible to conduct Local Government Elections, the Governor shall constitute a transitional committee for all the 21 LGC’s pending the conduct of the elections.
According to the letter, the remunerations for the transition committee Chairmen and members are as follows:
1- Chairman 75,692.67,
2- Vice Chairman 71,088.00
3 – Supervisory Councillor 67,441.67
4- Secretary GL. Level 12 and above.
After various contributions from the lawmakers and considering the importance of the request, Speaker Aminu Iya Abbas who presided over the session, put the motion to that effect into voice vote and was unanimously supported by the members.
He thereafter directed the clerk of the house to communicate the resolution to the executive arm for further action.