Photo: Gov Umar Namadi of Jigawa State
By Ahmad Alabira, Dutse
The ministry for local government has trained its staff on various policy making strategies, to ensure a corrupt free local government administrative system in Jigawa state.
The Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development, Honourable Ahmed Garba disclosed this, saying the staff were trained on Institutionalizing Integrity and Ethics in the Public Service.
He made this known in his key note address during a 2-day workshop on integrity and ethics, held over the weekend in Kano.
A statement on Sunday by the Public Relations Officer, Najib Umar and made available to SINL Nigeria Online said the commissioner was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Ibrahim Adamu Kakas.
“The training is aimed at equipping the participants with moral principles that helps in ensuring transparency, accountability and prudence in the process of the management of public resources.
“The Ministry always counts on them, considering their closeness to the grassroots in meeting the yearning and aspiration of the people they are serving.
“I call on you to continue to cooperate maximally with other arms of the respective Local Governments on the explorations of the best needs of their people”, he said.
He added that the mission of inputs-outputs transformation through the principle of the laid down rule of the transparency, accountability and prudence is as enshrined within the context of law.
