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FG will ensure timely release of ecological fund- Shehu

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[dropcap]P[/dropcap]resident Muhammadu Buhari’s administration will ensure the timely release of the Ecological Fund to States to address pressing ecological challenges in their localities, said Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Mallam Garba Shehu.

”The Buhari administration will under no circumstance abandon its humanitarian obligations to alleviate the distress of flood victims.

Speaking at the weekend on Hannu Ya Dawa, an audience participation programme on FRCN Kaduna, Shehu pledged that the administration would continue to assist flood victims across the country.

”In spite of Nigeria’s technological limitations and the paucity of funds to handle or manage large scale and complex emergencies, the APC administration will leave no stone unturned in offering succour to victims of natural disasters across the country,” he said.

On the Ecological Fund, Shehu said it is the right of citizens to demand the judicious use of the Fund, which is distributed among the three tiers of government from the Federation Account.

”The largest chunk of the Fund goes to the States and Local Governments. Every month, States and Local governments receive 1.4 per cent from the Federation account as Ecological Fund, compared to the Federal government’s share of 1 per cent.

”From the 1 per cent the FG gets, NEMA takes 20 per cent for its operation,” he said.

The Presidential aide noted that lately, disaster management in the country is gradually being ceded to the Federal Government by other tiers of government.

”Whenever there is an emergency from natural or man-made disasters, all you hear is ‘where is Buhari, what is he doing? What happens with the other tiers of government?”

”Nigerians, at the state and local governments, should demand transparency and accountability in the management of ecological funds by their Governors and local government chairmen.

”Without accountability by local political leaders, the Federal government would continue to be the scapegoat for the failure of states and local governments to use ecological funds for the purposes they were released,” he said.

 

 

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