Lagos charges Sole Administrators to intensify revenue generation

The Lagos State Government has charged Sole Administrators in the 57 Local Government and Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs to intensify efforts and come up with revenue generation strategies to shore up revenues in their councils.

The government said the revenues currently being generated in the councils were not enough to maintain the council’s facilities.

Special Adviser to the Governor on Community and Communications, Kehinde Bamigbetan, while speaking at the 2-Day Retreat for the newly appointed Sole Administrators on Thursday said that the retreat was organised to expose the council administrators to all the rudiments aspects of council administration, budgeting and planning.

“Base on the fact of the feedback we are getting, many of them need a kind of orientation seminars to better acclimatize with the environment where we have them to operate. The retreat will further expose them in terms of council administration, budgeting and planning and on how to engage with the public. This retreat is coming at this time when the preparation for the 2017 budget is being done. They are charged to take charge and develop more holistic and panoramic understanding of their offices,” he explained.

The Guest Speaker, Otunba Nurudeen-Ojora Adejiyan, said that with the economic realities and dwindling revenue from federal allocation to Local Government at all levels, the council must be capable of meeting up with its responsibilities.

Bamigbetan said the state remained committed to rekindling and orientating local government system in line with the modern imperatives and best practices.

The Chairman of Local Government Service Commission, Babatunde Rotinwa said the retreat was meant to open the eyes of council administrators on their expectations.

According to him, most councils were yet to effectively explore their potentials regarding revenue generation, charging the council heads to look inwards with a view to designing strategies of.