‘Council Chairmen Urged Not to Spend outside Budgetary Provisions’

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Council chairmen in Delta state have been tasked not to spend outside budgetary provisions.

This is one of the resolutions of the communique issued today in Warri by budget staff of LGA in Delta South senatorial district.

The seminar was organized by Local Government Service Commission in conjunction with S Ray Consult International.

Other resolutions of the communique are that budgeting should be standard and uniform,
that budget officers should be well trained in the art of budgeting, that budgeting control, implementing and evolution should by done by budget department.

The communique also said that all contracts at the local government level should be registered by budget department and that there should be synergy between budget department and other departments for data collection and preparation of budget.

In a brief closing address to the participants today in Warri, Dr Deinghan Macaulay, the CEO of Ray International Consult urged the participants to put into practice what they learnt in the two day seminar.

Dr Minnie Igbrude presented certificates of attendance to the budget staff of the local councils of Delta South senatorial district.


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