Commission trains 81 financial officers on budgeting, financial crisis control
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Training
By Mahammad Nasirbashir
Dutse, Oct. 17, 2016 (NAN) The Jigawa State Local Government Service Commission has trained 81 financial officers on budgeting and financial crisis control in local government administration.
The commission’s spokesperson, Malam Najib Umar, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Monday.
Umar said that participants at the two-day training were drawn from each of the 27 local government areas, noting that the beneficiaries included directors of budget, accountants and assistant treasurers in the local governments.
He said the Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Alhaji Ahmad Muhammad who declared the training open, said that the exercise was to equip local government financial officers with knowledge of prudent management of funds.
“The workshop has come at the right time when governments at various levels are working tirelessly to ensure transparency in budget process,” Muhammad said.
Umar said the commission’s Chairman, Alhaji Kabiru Hassan, identified integrity and trust as vital tools in fighting corruption, saying that the workshop reflected the cardinal objectives of the current administration under the leadership of Gov. Muhammad Badaru.
“The government is determined to reposition the state in terms of prudence and transparency in the management of public resources ,” he said (NAN)
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Edited by Felix Nwadioha