Nasarawa State Government has organised a retreat for selected public office holders in order to ensure effective budget implementation for the overall development of the state.
The 2 day Retreat is on budget enactment and implementation strategy for the 3 arms of government holding in Akwanga LG has its theme “Towards Ensuring Better Understanding and Improved Implementation of the Budget: The Role of the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary”.
Declaring the retreat opened the State Governor Engr. Abdullahi Sule urged the participants to take the retreat with all seriousness its deserves.
The Governor said that the workshop was organized in order to equip participants with knowledge for a successful and harmonious budget implementation.
Sule has commended the Nasarawa State House of Assembly under the leadership of Rt. Hon Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi for effective oversight on the activities of MDAs aimed at ensuring transparency and accountability in governance.
” I don’t interfere with the activities of the House.
” Oversight is right and must be done as my adminstration is anchored on transparency, accountancy and prudent management of resources,” he said.
The governor has urged the managements of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to continue to be opened to various committees of the state assembly for peace, accountability and development to thrive.
He has also called for effective synergy with the arms of government in order to promote peace and socio-economic development of the state.
Also speaking, Rt Hon Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, the Speaker of the House appreciated the governor for approving the retreat.
He said that the retreat was a brain child of the assembly in order to ensure that the right thing are been done at all times, especially in the area of budgeting and its implementation.
” The constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ,1999 as amended has empowered the House to appropriate funds to MDAs and oversight what the House has appropriated for them.
” In the course of our oversight, we have discovered that some MDAs have over spend what we have appropriated to them .
” Some MDA complained that their budgets have been cut off by the ministry of Finance.
” This retreat will help in addressing some many issues relating to budgeting and its Implementation,” he said.
The speaker has assured Gov. Sule of more synergy for development to thrive.
On her part, the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Aisha Bashiru, represented by Justice Samuel Aboki has appealed for releases in order to ensure effective service delivery in the state.
In their remarks, Hon Aliyu Dogara, Chairman, House Committee on Finance and Appropriation and Mr Emmanuel Alidzi, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance has commended Gov. Abdullahi Sule for approving the workshop.
They have said that the retreat would help in ensure effective implementation of budget and will boost development across the state.
