The Osun State Authorities has urged most people to ignore experiences making the rounds on social media relating to a round letter issued by the Ministry of Native Authorities and Chieftaincy Affairs in regards to the 2024 Price range preparation of Native Governments.
Commissioner for Native Authorities and Chieftaincy Affairs, Dosu Babatunde, said this in an announcement issued by the Info Officer, Olugbenga Oni.
The federal government has been dragged for allegedly approving enormous quantities of cash from boreholes in native authorities areas of the state.
Nonetheless, the commissioner clarified that the round was issued as steerage to Native Governments within the ultimate preparation of the 12 months 2024 Price range.
“For a authorities to execute any Capital Venture, be it Federal, State or Native, such venture have to be captured and adequately supplied for within the Price range of the 12 months during which it’s to be executed.
In particular phrases, the figures the Native Governments have been directed to incorporate of their budgets are for tasks that are to be executed in phases inside the 12 months 2024.
“Boreholes are to be sunk within the 332 wards within the state. Section one in every of such was accomplished and financed by means of the 12 months 2023 finances. Within the 12 months 2024, part 2 of such is to begin quickly.
“The price of drilling, provision of stanchion and reticulation of a borehole in a ward is the sum of Two million, 5 hundred thousand naira (#2,500,000.00) and due to this fact the price per Native Authorities depends upon the variety of wards within the Native Authorities.
“Thus, the sum of 100 and fifty million naira every native authorities was directed to incorporate of their 2024 finances is to cater for as many phases as attainable of boreholes drilling, provision of stanchion and reticulation in 12 months 2024.
“We thereby implore Osun residents to maintain on supporting the current administration and count on extra dividends of democracy within the state”, the assertion famous.