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December 10, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has orders the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation to henceforth,   publish daily treasury statement to keep to the attitude of financial transparency of his administration.
Buhari gave thedirective in Abuja, at the inauguration of Federal Government’s FinancialTransparency Policy and the opening of Treasury Portal, which coincides withInternational Anti- Corruption Day set aside by the United Nations ConventionAgainst Corruption.
Buhari who wasrepresented by the Minister of state, Ministry of Niger-Delta, TayoAlasoadura, specifically ordered the Treasury Office in the Accountant Generalof the Federation and all accounting officers to publish daily paymentsreports in the new portal.
The President notedthat the directive was to drive home the seriousness his administrationattached to financial transparency in management of public sector fund acrossMinistries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs of government.
On her part, theMinister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed said that theinauguration of financial transparency and open treasury portal marked anothermilestone in government’s effort to deepen transparency and curb corruption inpublic sector.FG ASSURES INDIGENOUS