Nasarawa Gov’t poised to ensure budget transparency — Commissioner

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Nasarawa map Nasarawa Gov’t poised to ensure budget transparency — Commissioner

Mr Haruna Ogbole, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Planning, has restated government’s commitment to ensure transparent budgeting in line with global best practice.

Ogbole gave the assurance on Thursday in Lafia during the step down training on Budget Compliant Chart of Accounts for Directors of Finance and Account (DFAs), Bursars and Accountants in the state.

He said that the state had migrated from the old accounting system in budgetting to the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) since 2014.

The commissioner, however, said that some DFAs and other account officers were yet to get familiar with the system, hence the training towards ensuring global best practice.

He said that before the implementation of IPSAS, the state was nowhere in terms of giving clear information on budget performance to the public, but now the state was rated 19th position on the national chart.

Ogbole expressed optimism that with the training, the state would…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper