By Hassan Umar Shallpella, News Correspondent
Public officers in Bauchi state have been mandated to declare their assets in line with the provision of Code of Conduct Bureau so as to guard against the wrath of the law.
Governor Bala Mohammed gave the directive Tuesday while declaring open a two day workshop on “Strict compliance with assets declaration and Code of Conduct for public officers and career civil servants” in the state held at Command Guests House, Bauchi.
Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Mohammed Sabiu Baba, Governor Bala Mohammed stressed the need for all hands to be on deck so as block leakages and ensure that, the little resources at the disposal of the state government are prudently managed.
“State government is ready towards promoting zero tolerance for corruption, not only in the state civil service, but the whole of its operations to ensure effective service delivery to the citizenry.
“This administration will continue to impart the culture of discipline and transparency in government affairs and will work with the Code of Conduct Bureau in JTS effort to entrench public probity and accountability in the system.
“let me commend the leadership of the Code of Conduct Bureau for this worthy partnership, aimed at enriching the culture of honesty, transparency and accountability in the management of our public companies.
“I note with appreciation that, this workshop is extended to instill in the minds of public office holders, career civil servants and private organisations, the virtues of probity and trustworthiness in the conduct of their assigned responsibilities.
“It is imperative to crave the indulgence of the general public the consequences for non compliance with the provision of the Code of Conduct Bureau Act Cap C15 LFN 2004. As you all know, the power of the Code of Conduct under this Act is enormous and the public officers are encouraged to be on the side of the law.” He said.
Mohammed charged the participants to participate actively in order to tap from the wealth of experience of the resource persons for better service delivery.
In a key note adrress, the Speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Y Suleiman commended Code of Conduct Bureau for ensuring zero tolerance for corruption in the country and assured of the Assembly’s support in order to achieve the set objectives.
Earlier, the Chairman, Code of Conduct Bureau, Prof Mohammed Isah said the workshop was organized to educate the participants on the activities of the Bureau in order to ensure total compliance with its guidelines for the conduct of public office holders.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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