Less than one month to the end of Governor Willie Obiano’s administration in Anambra State, the management of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has raised alarm over the declared sublet of the state’s revenue windows to political leaders.

Anambra State Governor-elect, Prof Chukwuma Soludo had actually recently threatened to revoke all profits windows allocated to political leaders, through an executive order on the morning of his swearing-in.

NULGE on Friday declared it has information that the state revenue board was designating revenue windows to their cronies, with the intent to hijack the state’s resources, specifically as the Governor Willie Obiano administration unwind.

The state president of the group, Mr Chikwelu Adigwe who informed members of the union at the state secretariat of the union in Awka stated the majority of the earnings windows being offered out belong to the local government locations.

The president also protested the highjacking of many revenues being collected by the local government councils, thus rendering them ineffective.

“The condition of our service is no longer acceptable to us, so we want to make our voices heard.

“We are doing all we can throughout this transition period to make sure that the best things are done. We have actually composed to the shift committee, we have actually likewise written to the assembly to grumble about the continuous verification of transition committee chairmen, rather of holding local government elections.

“Right now, we have it on great authority that the state revenue board is still designating earnings windows to politicians, and we want to caution the governor-elect about this.

“We are here today to complain about the method the system is running. When we came into the service, the system was not like this. Things have gone so bad.

“When we were in school, we heard that there were three tiers of government, however gradually, the city government has actually been rendered redundant and inexistent. Our job is slowly being eliminated by the state, but we will not enable this to continue.”

The union stated it has resolved to take back all income windows coming from it, consisting of stallage costs, wheelbarrow levies, liquor licenses and many others, which have actually been taken from them by the state government.

The union likewise urged Soludo to ensure the conduct of city government elections within three months of his swearing-in, make sure the reconstitution of the Local Government Service Commission to include city government workers, rather of an all-politicians affairs, among others.

“We have actually charged our members to head out and gather incomes due to their various city government councils. Any shop owner who pays profits touts need to be ready to pay two times. We are not preaching war here, but we will not flee from war,” Adigwe stated.