President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) to publish a Daily Treasury Statement that will provide information about what comes in and out of the national purse.
President Buhari gave the order on Monday at the launch of the Federal government financial transparency policy/open-treasury portal in Abuja.
To enable implementation of this policy, a treasury portal, www.opentreasury.gov.ngwas opened yesterday for all MDAs to publish all the information required by the policy and for immediate access by all Nigerians.”
The idea of publishing daily accruals and withdrawals from the nation’s purse was first muted in 2018, but only a handful of government officials had access to the information.
Buhari said his government is committed to full implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 so that government-held data sets can be availed and used by the media and the public at large.
All MDAs are required to promptly respond to additional requests for information beyond what is published.”
The information President Buhari said “must include the MDA responsible, the beneficiary, the purpose and amount of each payment.
Accounting Officers are responsible for providing answers to any questions from the public relating to transactions completed by entities under their charge.” In addition, “all MDAS must publish Monthly Budget Performance Reports.
These reports must include the performance of the budget by various dimensions including MDAs, functions and economic activities performed by all Federal Government Agencies. These reports must be ready within seven (7) days after the end of the month.”
The President also directed the AGF to “publish monthly Fiscal Accounts detailing the fiscal performance of the Federation including receipts from all the collection agencies and payments out of the Federation Account. This must be done within 14 days after the end of the month.”
The AGF and all Accounting Officers of MDAs, Buhari said, “must publish Quarterly Financial Statements for the government as a whole and for individual MDAS respectively. These must be published within a month after the end of the quarter.”
The AGF must also “publish Annual General Purpose Financial Statements while all public Sector entities are required to publish statements for their individual entities.
These statements must be prepared following International Public Sector Accounting Standards and must be ready within a month after the end of the first quarter of the following year” the president ordered.
For emphasis, President Buhari noted that “public officers should act in awareness of the reality that information about their fiduciary responsibilities and actions will be easily accessed by not only law enforcement agencies but also the general public.”
For contractors and other service providers to government agencies, Buhari urges them to “take note that any payment you receive from the public purse will be published. Ensure you collect public money for legitimate purposes for if not, it will not take long before it is known.”
This policy President Buhari said has to be implemented in order to achieve: cementing government commitment to improving governance and supplementing the recently launched Whistleblower Policy and equipping the general population with the tools they need to report financial wrongdoing.
President Buhari Orders The Publishing Of Daily Treasury Statement
December 09, 2019
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