From Olanrewaju Lawal Birnin
USAID-State2State has charged all the Sokoto State Focal Local Government on National Charts of Account to update their knowledge to enable them to compete with their colleagues across the world.
Team Lead of Sokoto State2State, Dr Abdulkadir A Ladan who stated this while speaking at the opening session of the step-down training for the Sokoto State Focal Local Government on National Charts of Account held in Birnin Kebbi, noted that the world is changing every day and it’s not waiting for anyone.
Ladan said: “Since the return of the local government autonomy, all eyes are now on Local Government Leadership. However, this training will help a lot to prepare ahead. Because this will help you to get ready to compete with any of your colleagues not only in Nigeria but across the world.
“With this template on accountability and transparency, you will come out strongly after the training. This workshop is not a routine workshop that usually entails theories. It will involve experts taking you and practical ways to do things differently.
“Therefore, I urged you to pay attention vigorously and you should not miss any session of the workshop so that at the end, you go back home with more skills, knowledge and experience”.
In his brief remark, Desk Officer for State2State, Mallam Nasir Ahmad Abubakar who is also from the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning Service, commended the organiser for the workshop and urged the participants drawn from various local government areas to utilize the opportunity provided for them very well.
The participants who were officers in charge of Budget and finance were drawn from various local government areas of the state and they received training on the concept of Public Financial management, budgeting and dimensions of Budget, typical annual budget processes and procedures for the local among others.