Ministry wants 20% of LG allocation
The Oyo State
Ministry of Agriculture wants 20 percent allocation of each local
government council to be used for agricultural development, the state
Commissioner for Agriculture, Kunle Ishola, told journalists in Ibadan
on Tuesday.
According to him,
the ministry had proposed an amendment to the bill on local government
matters in this regard. If the bill is passed into law, it would make
it an offence for any council to divert money meant for agriculture to
any other area.
He also complained
that the fees charged at the federal government’s grain silos, located
in the Monatan area of Ibadan, were too high, just as the prices of
grains sold there.
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