Abia govt urges LG chairmen to strengthen financial control, prevent resource mismanagement

The Abia State Government has told chairmen of the 17 LGAs and elder authorities officials successful the councils to fortify fiscal and administrative power systems , aimed astatine preventing the diversion and mismanagement of nationalist resources.

The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs , Uzor Nwachukwu, gave the directive successful Umuahia connected Thursday.

Nwachukwu was speaking during the anti-corruption sensitization programme organised by the Abia State Government successful collaboration with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC.

He said the medication of Governor Alex Otti was committed to conducting authorities concern with discipline, transparency and a absorption connected measurable results, stressing that the principles indispensable usher operations crossed the 17 LGAs of the state.

According to him, the occurrence of authorities programmes should not beryllium measured by the magnitude of wealth released but by the tangible results achieved.

"The occurrence of immoderate authorities programme is not determined by the magnitude of wealth released. It is determined by what is achieved with that money.

"A task that exists lone connected insubstantial is not development. An expenditure without due accountability is not bully governance," Nwachukwu told the Abia LGA chairmen.

He emphasised that the authorities officials indispensable instrumentality work for maintaining fiscal subject and administrative integrity done due record-k...