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Friday, October 3rd, 2025
…As Group Trains NULGE, CSO Officials On Budget Issues
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Immediate past Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) successful Enugu state, and Executive Director of a Civil Society group, Citizens Centre for Integrated Development and Social Rights (CCIDESOR), Dr. Emeka Ononamadu, has identified lack of Transparent procurement system, unfastened budgeting, and accountability model arsenic immoderate of the cardinal factors liable for the anemic and nether show of section authorities successful Nigeria.
He argued that the essence of creating that tier of authorities which is chiefly to thrust grassroots development, work delivery, and economical information has not been realized successful the state since inception.
According to him, “restoring section authorities fiscal Autonomy is therefore, not conscionable a governance betterment agenda, but a prerequisite for strengthening ideology and rebuilding the Nigerian system from the bottommost up”
“However, years of emasculation by authorities governments, coupled with the lack of transparent procurement system, unfastened budgeting and accountability model person near section authorities weak, underperforming, and disconnected from their law mandate”
Dr. Ononamadu, spoke connected Tuesday during a 1 time Economic Literacy and Budget Accountability Training, organized by Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room successful concern with Citizens Centre for Integrated Development and Social Rights CCIDESOR, for selected LGAs officials and CSOs successful Enugu state.
He noted that astir section authorities employees successful the state are not abreast with the budgetary processes successful the system, hence the request for specified grooming with a presumption to equipping them with the indispensable knowledge.
The CCIDESOR boss, besides emphasized that though, reforms successful immoderate strategy are vital, but for it to beryllium effectual successful the section authorities system, some officials of the LGAs and CSOs indispensable beryllium equipped with economical literacy and fund accountability literacy training.
He disclosed that the task being supported by the United Kingdom FCDO nether its planetary Development programme is being carried retired successful 17 states of Nigeria, among them, Imo, Abia, Anambra and Ebonyi.
The Executive Director, further averred that the superior nonsubjective of specified grooming includes to equip the stakeholders with the needed cognition and skills, to recognize the economical value of LGAs, their concern fund processes, and however fiscal subject and accountability interaction work transportation and section development.
Other objectives helium listed are, gathering the capableness of CSOs and citizens to tr...
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