By Talatu Maiwada
No fewer than 17 native authorities officers from Adamawa and Borno have accomplished a six-day coaching organised by improvement companions on Microsoft Excel to enhance digital budgeting and monetary administration.
The venture is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), European Union (EU), Oxford Committee for Famine Relief (Oxfam), and German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ).
This was made know on the occasion on Monday in Yola by Oxfam Country Director, Tijani Hamza.
Hamza, represented by the Project Coordinator, Samuel Lashom, stated the coaching was organised below a venture titled “Support to Improving Social Cohesion through Community Development Planning in Three Local Government Areas in North-East Nigeria.”
He stated the coaching aimed to strengthen price range and planning officers’ capability in digital monetary administration and improvement planning.
“The digital skills would strengthen budget management and improve the tracking of development projects across the participating local government areas.
“The initiative seeks to move local government administrations from manual financial management processes to digital, data-driven systems that promote accuracy, transparency and accountability,” Hamza stated.
He emphasised the significance of correct monetary data, transparency and accountability in constructing public belief and monitoring Community Development Plans (CDPs).
Hamza urged members to use the data acquired in the course of the coaching to their official tasks.
A facilitator, Dr David Ankama, stated Excel and different data and communication expertise instruments would assist officers put together evidence-based budgets, observe implementation and enhance venture monitoring and analysis.
“At the end of the six-day training, all 17 participants completed the programme and received certificates,” Ankama stated.
He stated the members had been drawn from Guyuk Local Government Area of Adamawa, Biu and Kwaya Kusar native authorities areas of Borno.
Ankama stated the coaching coated 9 modules, equipping members with sensible abilities in Excel operations, price range dashboard improvement, information governance and citizen-friendly monetary reporting.
A participant, Alhaji Danladi Usman, Budget Officer, Biu Local Government Area, stated he would apply the abilities he acquired to price range preparation for 2027.
Usman expressed confidence that making use of the data would deliver exceptional enhancements to his work.
Similarly, Mr Abdul Kasila, additionally from Biu Local Government Area, stated the coaching exceeded members’ expectations.
Kasila thanked the organisers for offering the chance to reinforce their skilled abilities.(NAN)
Edited by Yakubu Uba
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