Permanent Secretary in the ministry of the Federal Capital Administration, Dr. Babatope Ajakaiye has revealed that the administration’s monthly staff wage stands at four billion naira.
Ajakaiya said that the huge staff salary wage is despited the fact that FCT Administration’s allocation from the Federation Account had dropped drastically from N4.3 Billion two years ago to between N1.9 billion and N2.1billion currently the Permanent secretary spoke today, Thursday, when he addressed the Senate Committee on the FCT, headed by Senator Dino Melaye.
He said that the huge wage bill, coupled with the huge responsibilities of proding infrastructure and services in the Territory made it imperative for the Administration to rely heavily on its Internal Revenue Generation capacity to fund these projects and services.
