The federal allocation for the month of September is causing ripples in Rivers State, with the opposition APC in the state accusing the PDP Government of withholding allocations meant for local government councils.

The federal allocation for the month of September is causing ripples in Rivers State, with the opposition APC in the state accusing the PDP Government of withholding allocations meant for local government councils.
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee announced over the weekend that the three tiers of government shared a total of three hundred and eighty-nine billion, nine hundred and thirty-million naira for September.
The shared amount includes Value Added Tax of fifty-four point one billion naira; Exchange gain of five point two billion and six point three billion naira refunded to the Federal Government by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
A communiqué released by FAAC shows a Gross Revenue of three hundred and twenty-one point nine-nine-six billion naira against three hundred and sixty-nine point one-four-zero billion naira in the month of August.
The volume of revenue indicates a shortfall of over thirty-two billion dollars arising from a drop in the average price of crude oil over the months of July and August.
However; the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has alleged that allocations meant for local government councils in the state were being diverted.
State Publicity Secretary of the APC, CHRIS FINEBONE cited unnamed sources for the information at the disposal of the party, adding that such diversions in the past accounts for why some local government workers are being owed for up to three months.
Meanwhile; sources close to the ruing Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State have hinted about moves to reconstitute caretaker committees for local government councils in the state.