William Attah, Gombe
Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, has declared that his administration has no option than to reform its financial sector if the State must survive in the nearest future.
The Governor stated this at the opening of a one day workshop for accounting and paying officers of Ministries, Departments and Agencies as well as Chief Executives of Institutions of higher learning in the State.
He said, following the introduction and enforcement of the State Treasury Single Account (TSA), the sum of N1.48 billion was discovered from 860 accounts that were hitherto dormant or undisclosed.
According to him, “In order to ensure successful implementation of the TSA, we set up a standing committee under the chairmanship of the State Deputy Governor. I also signed an executive order No 005 of 2020 to further strengthen the implementation of the TSA”.
He explained that the exercise has no doubt recorded tremendous successes as ” a total of 2,292 accounts linked to the State Government were captured by NIBSS and additional 265 hidden accounts were discovered “.
” The sum of N1.48 billion was discovered from 860 accounts that were hitherto dormant or undisclosed. 586 dormant accounts were closed after generating their annual account statements for proper reconciliation. This shows the enormity of the financial indiscipline and opacity inherited by our administration “, he decried.
He said, the workshop was therefore designed to bring all stakeholders on board the new TSA policy with a call on them that, ” the success of the TSA depends on your ability and willingness to buy-in to the new policy”.
He also warned that the Government will not tolerate any act of negligence, indiscipline or sabotage from any one no matter how highly placed.
He then restated the determination of his administration to continue to implement policies and strengthen it’s institutions and promote the well being of it’s people.
“Be rest assured that my administration will continue to provide the required support to build the capacity of our civil service in order to enable it meet the demands of the 21st century governance”, he assured.
