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FROM IMRANA ABDULLAHI
The Governor of Zamfara State Mohammad Bello Matawalle has said that
as they entered the midterm of his administration, the task ahead of them is that of multiplying their efforts toward building a new Zamfara State.
The Governor revealed this during an opening ceremony of a five days management retreat on governance and leadership reforms for development in Zamfara state,organised by Ibadan business school in collaboration with Zamfara state Government in Abuja.
Matawalle revealed that, “We must strategise and redouble our efforts in fighting banditry with the intention to place our State on the path of an enduring development by optimally utilising the resources at our disposal”.
The Governor said, is a clarion call for all to brace up to the great tasks ahead just in order to move the state forward.
“Of course, you should all bear in your minds that the task ahead involves the consolidation of the reforms and initiatives brought about by my administration within the past two years. Some of these reforms are components of State Fiscal Transparency,Accountability, and Sustainability.
The reforms and legislations include; My administration’s commitment to Open Government Partnership;
New law for the State’s Consolidated Revenue;
The State’s Bureau of Public Procurement;with the hope that all the measures are going to Create more synergy with the Code of Conduct Bureau to ensure that public officials declare their assets;and Online publication of the State’s budget.
“So that to have Citizens’ participation in budgetary processes;Designing the State’s Development Plan in collaboration with the UN Development Programme and the SDGs office;
The new Anti-Corruption Law; and Social Protection Policy
“I am happy to announced that the Child Protection Bill and the Disability Bill would soon be passed by the House of Assembly and signed into law as soon as they are brought for my assent”, Matawalle added.
Before I conclude this address, I must express my deepest appreciation to the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Folashade Mejabi Yemi-Esan, for sparing time out of her tight schedules to attend and declare this function open personally.
It is my expectation that, at the end of the retreat, participants will return to their respective duty posts full of fresh ideas relating to Administrative Procedures, Financial Prudence, Policy Innovations, Information Technology, Executive Council Business and Inter-Governmental Collaboration.
Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, it is instrumental to state that this retreat could not have been organised at a better time than now when we are in dire need of highly skilled and well-trained organisational heads to champion the positive transformation we have embarked upon.
“Of course, you should all bear with me in your minds that the task ahead of us involves the consolidation of the reforms and initiatives brought about by my administration within the past two years. Some of these reforms are components of State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability, and Sustainability.
The retreat was organised for the members of Zamfara state executive council,hon special advisers and other Government relevant Public office holders on monday 17,January at rock view hotel Abuja.
