What is the status of Shiroro LGA's Internally Generated Revenue?

By Usman Baba It is an eyesore that success leaders of our LGA have always shared selfishly between themselves, the revenue generated weekly in our LGA to the detriment of the masses. It is estimated that more than 500, 000 naira is generated weekly as revenue from our markets. When you calculate other sources like tournament rate by Shiroro Hydro-electric Power Station, revenues from other sources like shop owners, collection of indigine letters, etc you will end up having not less than 1000,000 naira weekly. That's about 4 million naira per month. This amount should have been more than this, but endemic corruption has affected over the years. The revenue collectors, the administrators, and even the council heads have connived to robe the LGA of this revenue. They collected the monies from our poor market women, our poor farmers and shop owners only to pocket same for their personal use. The revenue system must be rejig, retooled and rid of corruption to save the LGA from relying on Federal Allocations that are usually hijacked by the State Governor. With this revenue, we can provide portable drinking water, quality education, employment etc that will bring a new lease of life for our people. Yes, we can!