NIGER GOVT.RECEIVES AWARD FROM FED GOVT AND THE WORLD BANK ON LOW DEBT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
Yahaya Zakka Minna.
Niger State has won an award for debt visibility, transparency and accountability in the North Central zone of the country by the Federal government and the World Bank.
Commissioner for Finance, Mallam Usman Tinau Mohammed made this know shortly after presenting the award to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello during the weekly state executive council meeting at the Government House, Minna.
The Commissioner for Finance who stated that the programme was an initiative of the federal government and the World Bank to ensure transparency and accountability in governance.
He said there were 9 deliverables, and that any state that performs well in all the deliverables will be recognized and awarded.
The Commissioner said that Niger state excelled in 3 major areas such as low debt, transparency and accountability.
“the Independent Variation Team had earlier visited the state to look into our performance and we were scored. It is in that direction that Niger state in the North Central came 1st in terms of debt visibility, transparency”, he said.
