Delta State Government has earned four awards from the World Bank for fiscal transparency.
The awards are Excellent Performance on Fiscal Transparency and Accountability, Very Good Performances on Efficiency of Public Expenditure, Overall Performance in SFTAS and Debt Sustainability.
The awards won under the bank’s States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS), were earned due to reforms which impacted positively on the state’s fiscal transparency and accountability in public resource management.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa thanked the members of SFTAS Implementation Committee yesterday, while receiving the awards, for their hard work which led to the excellent performance in the state.
“I thank God and the team that has been working on the SFTAS programme in the last four years. I truly feel happy with the awards that we have received as a state. It just goes to confirm that we have tried our best in the course of governance in our state.
“We have also relied on the internal team in government in the course of these four years. It shows that we have built capacity in the public service of Delta State. There is no doubt that we need to continue to improve.
“But, the truth is that there is capacity built already in the public service and the more we are able to utilize the resource available for us, the better for us for growth and development in the state.
“We have been told that there was 13 result areas and we have done well in all. But, we have gotten awards in four areas. I must congratulate the team that has been in-charge,” he said.
The Governor expressed confidence that the incoming administration would continue to work on the recorded achievements in fiscal transparency and accountability for the good of the state.
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