Mbah inaugurates revenue sharing committee

Gov Peter Mbah inaugurates 16-member joint committee on sharing of state and local government revenue allocation from the federation account.

He charged the members to assist in delivering the promises he made to citizens of Enugu during his campaigns.

Mbah tapped Comrade Tony Udeh, retired permanent secretary and foremost labour leader in Enugu, to head the Joint Accounts Allocation Committee (JAAC).

At the brief ceremony that took place in the Executive Committee Chambers of Lion Building, Mbah said the committee members were carefully chosen.

The 16 members, he said, were selected based on “merit and stellar record.”

“We have unflinching confidence that they will deliver on the promises we made to the good people of Enugu State,” he tweeted shortly afterwards.

The chairman, Comrade Udeh, promised on behalf of the Committee to meet the expectations of the stakeholders for the sake of development of the State.

Members of the Committee, announced yesterday 5 July, include the following:

• Comrade Anthony Udeh – Chairman
• Dr. Peter Aneke – Secretary
• Hon. Chris Ezema – Member representing Enugu North Senatorial Zone
• Prof. Sam Ugwu – Member representing Enugu East Senatorial Zone
• Arch. Dennis Onyebuchi – Member representing Enugu West Senatorial Zone
• Mrs Beatrice Abah – Treasurer representing Enugu North Senatorial Zone
• Mrs. Scholastica Ugwu – Treasurer representing Enugu East Senatorial Zone
• Mrs Anthonia Igwe – Treasurer representing Enugu West Senatorial Zone
• Hon. Okechukwu Sydney Edeh – ALGON Chairman
• Hon. Chukwudi Nnadozie – ALGON Vice Chairman
• Hon. Pedro Nwankwo – ALGON Secretary
• Mr Tony Okenwa – Accountant General
• Mr Raymond Aneke – Revenue Monitoring and Inspectorate Unit
• Mrs Fidelia Udeonu – Director of Finance, Ministry of Finance
• Mrs Ogochukwu Nwankwo – Director of Finance, Ministry of Local Government Matters
• Mrs Henrietta Ozoudeh – Director, JAAC Secretariat