Leadership of the Federal Capital Territory Administration have expressed concern over the seemingly poor sanitary condition in most satellite towns across the territory.
FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, who made the observation at the October Joint Account Allocation Committee, JAAC, observed that the lack of synergy between the Satellite Towns Development Department and the Area Council Authorities could be responsible for the poor sanitation in the various area councils.
Aliyu, who was represented at the JAAC meeting by the FCTA Permanent Secretary, Mr. Olusade Adesola, maintained that there is an urgent need for stakeholders to change strategy with a view to achieving the desired result.
She, therefore, directed the Satellite Towns Development Department to furnish the area council authorities with the list of cleaning contractors to enable them know the contractors responsible in each area.
Meanwhile, the 171st Joint Account Allocation Committee meeting approved the sum of N3,049,291,338.40Billion for distribution to six Area Councils and other stakeholders as their share of statutory allocation for the month of October, 2022.
A breakdown of the figures released indicate that the sum of N766,913,655.48million was made available for distribution to the six area councils, while the sum of N2,282,377,682.92billion was made available to other stakeholders, bringing the total sum to N3,049,291,338.40billion.
Distributions to area councils shows that the Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, received N159,351,641.67million, while Gwagwalada got N116,125,942.16million and Kuje received N153,596,556.15million.
Other area councils include, Bwari Area Council which received N113,203,597.88million, Abaji got N119,176,489.46million while Kwali received N105,459,428.16million, bringing the total sum to N766,913,655.48million disbursed to the six area councils.
On the other hand, distribution 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 N30,492,913.39million, while 10 percent Employer Pension Contribution gulped N107,849,405.63million, bringing the total sum to N2,282,377,682.92billion.
