USAID provides technical assistance to citizens’ budget committee
The United State Agency for International Development, State2State activity is providing technical assistance to Adamawa citizens’ budget committee to prepare 2023 citizens’ budget.
Speaking at the opening of three-day workshop organised by State2State in Yola, Ms Suzanne Myada, USAID’s Public Financial Management Specialist said the objective of the workshop was to support state officials to prepare 2023 budget.
Myada said that the workshop would also help state officials publish the 2023 budget for citizens to understand.
She said this would help the public to understand the annual budget when simplified and translated to English and Hausa languages.
Myada urged the participants to actively participate, take ownership and responsibility of producing citizens budget annually.
“We expect you to take this responsibility very seriously and publish it online to ease access by citizens in both English and Hausa languages.
“So everyone should contribute to get the work done and be able to sustain it even without State2State,”she said.
According to her, beginning from 2023, the Adamawa Citizens Budget will also include information on Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) and Citizens Nominated Projects.
Mr Iliya Danyaro, Director Budget, Ministry of Finance said the workshop came at the right time for the committee to be able to work effectively and professionally.
He called on the participants to contribute positively for the success of the workshop and the state at large.
In his remarks, Mr George Sha’a, Director Budget, Adamawa Planning Commission thanked and appreciated State2State for providing them with the technical support for accountability and transparency in the state.
Sha’a who was represented by Mr Yohanna Vandi, Senior Planning Officer said that the commission have already commenced the process of simplifying the budget for layman understanding.
He assured that they would redouble their efforts to ensure that the objective of the workshop was achieved for the development of the state.
