The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has implored treasury managers to ensure transparency and accountability in the management and control of the country’s public finance. A statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media & Communications to the Minister of Finance, Oluyinka Akintunde, said Adeosun gave the advice at the second national treasury workshop in Tinapa, Cross River State, attended by Directors of Finance and Accounts in all federal and state governments’ Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Heads of Finance and Directors of Internal Audit and other stakeholders in national public finance management. The minister, represented by the Director of Special Projects in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Dr. Mohammed K. Dikwa, emphasised the need for a change in the mindset of treasury managers in order to reform the basic polity.She said: “The basic and fundamental approach to financial and economic reforms is to reform the basic polity. Reforms must be impacting and sustainable and should fit into the cultural ethos of Nigeria, among others.

Source: The Guardian February 05, 2018 03:45 UTC