Adamawa House receives 50 requests for creation of development areas Yola—Adamawa House of Assembly has received more than 50 requests from various communities for the creation of Development Areas, an official has said. Alhaji Usman Lamorde, the Chairman of the assembly Committee on Finance, Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Tuesday in Yola. NAN reports that the development areas were created by the state government and receive 10 per cent of the monthly statutory fund allocated to the 21 local government areas of the state, for their services. According to him, the communities must, however, meet the statutory requirement of population, financial viability and other provisions of the state Local Government Law, 2000, before getting approval. Lamorde defended the move by the lawmakers to raise the number of development areas from the present 37, saying it was based on the good performance of the existing ones. Also, the Speaker of the House, Alhaji Umaru Fintiri said the assembly would amend the state local government law to accommodate the request. He pledged that the assembly would be fair in its selection, adding that the development areas had enhanced the lives of rural communities and brought government closer to the people.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:42:26 +0000
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