Nigerians have been reassured by Aminu Maifata, National President of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), that basic education and primary healthcare will be given top priority by local government officials.
At the start of the 48th ALGON National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, he made this commitment.
This conference is the association’s first after the nation’s local government councils were granted autonomy by the Supreme Court.
Important figures were present, including delegates from all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory as well as members of the Board of Trustees.
Maifata emphasized that local government officials are dedicated to carrying out their mandated duties, especially in the areas of basic education and primary healthcare.
‘He said, “As administrators at our various local government councils, we want to assure the people of Nigeria most especially the issue of primary health care, the issue of provision of basic education and other statutory responsibilities on local government councils, we will make sure that we attend religiously to them without any distraction so that this confidence reposed in us by the presidency, by state governors and by the apex court of the land will not go in vain, Maifata said.
He acknowledged that the task won’t be easy but expressed confidence in the abilities of grassroots leaders to provide democratic dividends to local communities.
‘We know it won’t be easy but with the calibre of people at the grassroots, we will provide a lot of dividends of democracy to the local government councils’, he added.
The ALGON National President expressed his gratitude for the confidence reposed in local government councils by the presidency, state governors, and the Supreme Court. He assured me that they would work tirelessly to justify this trust.
A communiqué outlining the council’s resolutions and decisions is expected at the end of the NEC meeting.
