Attendance register doesn’t violate LG autonomy – Gov Alia’s aide replies PDP

The Chief Press Secretary to the Benue State Governor, Sir Tersoo Kula, has defended the directive requiring section authorities workers crossed the authorities to support regular attendance registers, dismissing the Peoples Democratic Party’s objection arsenic a misinterpretation of section authorities autonomy.

Kula, successful a connection connected Friday titled “ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT DESPOTISM: DEBUNKING THE BENUE PDP’S AUTONOMY SMOKE SCREEN,” argued that requiring nationalist servants to relationship for their attendance does not magnitude to interference with section authorities fiscal autonomy.

The contention followed a directive issued done the Benue State Local Government Service Commission requiring the 23 section authorities councils to support regular attendance registers for workers. 

The directive indicated that workers who conscionable a prescribed minimum attendance threshold would suffice for wage payments.

Kula questioned the PDP’s mentation of the directive, asking however regular attendance monitoring could magnitude to an battle connected section authorities autonomy.

He argued that Section 7 of the 1999 Constitution recognises the strategy of democratically elected section authorities councils portion providing a law model for their establishment, structure, functions and related matters.

He said the Constitution besides sets retired the functions of section authorities councils successful the Fourth Schedu...