Fintiri Tasks Council Chairmen On Anti-Corruption, Procurement Fraud

Adamawa State  Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has lamented that corruption id one of many main obstacles to efficient public service supply and sustainable growth.

The governor said this whereas declaring open a capacity-building coaching on anti-corruption and procurement fraud organised by the Adamawa State Government in partnership with MDKODM Global Limited on the Banquet Hall of Government House, Yola.

The coaching, organised for the 21 native authorities council chairmen and related officers, is aimed toward equipping individuals with the data and abilities to establish, stop and handle corrupt practices, strengthen accountability and enhance service supply on the grassroots.

Represented by the Chief of Staff, Government House, Yola, the governor described the coaching as well timed and related, notably as his administration pursues reforms to enhance governance and ship tangible advantages to the folks of the state.

Fintiri stated corruption undermines public confidence, weakens establishments, will increase the price of governance and deprives residents of important companies.

He famous that native authorities councils had been closest to the folks and had direct accountability for offering primary companies, stressing the necessity to make sure that public funds allotted for growth had been managed responsibly and used for his or her supposed functions.

The governor additionally recognized procurement as a important space requiring sustained consideration in public monetary administration.

“I expect chairmen of local governments, directors of finance, procurement officers, treasurers, internal auditors and other relevant officials to take the lessons from this training seriously and translate them into practical improvements in their respective offices,” he stated.

Earlier, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Ibrahim Yayaji Mijinyawa, described the coaching as a strategic intervention designed to strengthen inside controls, equip public officers with the mandatory abilities and institutionalise transparency according to international finest practices and public procurement legal guidelines.

Mijinyawa stated the Fintiri administration maintained a zero-tolerance coverage for corruption, including that the coaching was supposed to make sure that ignorance was not used as an excuse for malpractice.

Also talking, one of many lead consultants and facilitators, Kazeem Atitebi, stated the governor had a imaginative and prescient for the state and urged native authorities chairmen and their officers to align their actions with the administration’s aims.

Atitebi stated the coaching would emphasise integrity, accountability and the environment friendly use of sources allotted to native authorities councils.

He added that individuals can be sensitised to the which means, types and causes of corruption in public service, whereas the programme would promote moral conduct, honesty and integrity within the discharge of official duties.