House Committee lauds Jigawa LG for generating N11m IGR

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Revenue

Dutse, Nov. 17, 2016 (NAN) The Jigawa State House of Assembly Committee on Local Government has commended Gwiwa Local Government for recording 87 per cent revenue generation in 2016.

The Vice Chairman of the committee and member representing Kaugama Constituency, Alhaji Usman Masaki, (APC), gave the commendation when the committee visited Gwiwa Local Governmemt Council.

The Information Officer in charge of the council, Malam Nasiru Lawan, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Dutse.

Sulaiman said the council was able to generate N11 million out of the N14 million it targeted in the current year.

The vice chairman urged the council to continue to discover other sources of revenues, in order to diversify its revenue base.

According to the council spokesman, Masaki also commended the council for executing as many as 15 capital projects in 2016. (NAN)
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Edited by Tola Okinbaloye and Abdullahi Yusuf