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RECENTLY, for the umpteenth time, the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation queried the Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government (MDAS) over malfeasance. As a matter of fact, such queries have become routine in the last few years when the MDAs have basked in mind-boggling corruption while the Muhammadu Buhari administration talks tough about cleaning up the system but does nothing concrete to address the bourgeoning rot. For instance, in a report being considered by the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, the Auditor General queried the Ministry of Petroleum Resources for printing awareness leaflets on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) for the sum of N98.4 million without due process, and the committee also discovered that N39 million was paid into the accounts of two members of staff in the ministry for “project monitoring” within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
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Some 5,000 public accounting officers in the country are to be trained in International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) accredited certification.
The e-learning training programme, which begins today android ends in December this year, aims at sharpening the skills of the accounting officers to ensure efficiency in the public sector financial management system.
The acting Controller and Accountant-General, Mr Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem, who launched the programme in Accra yesterday, said: “IPSAS is presently the focal point of global revolution in government accounting in response to calls for greater financial transparency and accountability.”
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Five thousand public accounting officers in the country are to be trained in International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) accredited certification.
The e-learning training programme, which begins today and ends in December this year, aims at sharpening the skills of the accounting officers to ensure efficiency in the public sector financial management system.
The acting Controller and Accountant-General, Mr Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem, who launched the programme in Accra yesterday, said: “IPSAS is presently the focal point of global revolution in government accounting in response to calls for greater financial transparency and accountability.”
He said to further ensure transparency, public accountability and quality financial reporting, the government had implemented various public financial management reforms (PFMs) grounded in the strategy developed to serve as a national document to aid the development of Ghan
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Zamfara State Governor, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle has inaugurated a Commission of Inquiry arising from the reports received from various committees appointed to find a lasting solution to banditry and related crimes in the State.
The Governor who spoke through his Deputy, Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Gusau said that the commission would also look into the bailout funds collected during former governor Yari’s administration and the N107 billion missing as a result of various shoddy deals and other corrupt practices in the state.
The Governor said that his administration was making efforts to get to the roots of the problem of banditry and other related crimes that have affected virtually all parts of the State.