Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has warned government officials against financial misconduct. This, he said, was to encourage accountability and good governance in the state.
Mohammed gave the warning at the inauguration of a three-day workshop on accountability and good governance for members of the State Executive Council (SEC), special advisers, permanent secretaries and chairmen of local councils yesterday in Bauchi.
The workshop was organised by the office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Alhaji Ibrahim Kashim.
According to him, anyone caught in the act of financial misconduct will be dealt with.
The governor, represented by his deputy, Alhaji Baba Tela, said his administration had pledged to rid corrupt tendencies in order to move the state forward.
“Let me remind participants in this workshop that our government has zero-tolerance for financial mismanagement and self-enrichment.
“Anyone caught in the act of financial misconduct will be dealt with in accordance with the laid down rules and regulations.
“As a government, we want a clean break from the past corrupt tendencies so that funds will be free to provide infrastructural facilities and social amenities to the people,” he said.
Mohammed said the workshop was aimed at improving the capacity of participants to operate the machinery of government towards meeting the yearnings and aspirations of the people.
Kashim said the workshop was a combination of the exercises conducted by Dugge Management Services Ltd., which led to the appointment of most of the participants, especially permanent secretaries having passed the tests and interviews.
He said the state government had transmitted a Pension Reform Bill to the House of Assembly, adding that the Bill would soon be passed to solve pension issues.