Centre ranks Gombe Due Process office, second in administrative proficiency in Nigeria
…. awards Gombe DG with Ambassador of Ethics and Conscience
…. To honour Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya with transparency and accountability Award soon
The Centre for Ethics and Self Value Orientation on Thursday, honoured the Director-General Gombe State Procurement Bureau, otherwise known as Due Process, Mohammed Babayola Isah, with its Corporate Ethics and Integrity Compliance Award/Gold medal for his tact in transparency accountability and responsiveness in government business.
The Centre a Lokoja-based International Anti-corruption organisation which majors in conducting annual independent secret investigation and budget tracking using the instrumentality of opinion polls, interviews with informants, questionnaires and project sites visits without the knowledge of the targeted subject.
Presenting the Award to the Director-General Gombe State Procurement Bureau Isah, and some staff of the Bureau, the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre Salihu Musa Yakubu, explained that the Bureau has exhibited due diligence in government procurement processes.
He said despite the perversive nature of corruption in Nigeria, the Gombe Procurement Bureau has displayed an enviable track record in developing and building confidence on the true essence of governance for the overall interest of the people.
He expressed the Centre’s willingness to collaborate with the state government towards offering training to 100 staff of the state civil service as part of it reward system for excellence performance explaining that the centre would sponsor 70 per cent of the training requirements while the state government takes the remaining 30% of sponsorship.
The Secretary to Government of the State, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, who was equally honoured as the overseeing authority on the State Procurement Bureau expressed gratitude to the Centre for championing the fight against corruption in the country.
He said his views on responsive governance took a dramatic twist when he became the SGS under the leadership of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, who is always consistent in the ideals of transparency and accountability.
The SGS appreciated the Centre for offering to train 100 staff of the state government, saying that the administration of Governor Yahaya is ready to partner the centre in that regard.
In his remark, the elated award recipient and Director-General Gombe State Procurement Isah thanked the centre for identifying with the laudable achievements of the bureau in good governance.
He expressed gratitude to Governor Yahaya for the confidence reposed in him and the SGS for his consistent guidance, adding that the award would ginger him and his staff to put in more effort in discharging their assigned duties.
According to the Centre for Ethics and Self Value Orientation, the Gombe State Procurement Bureau otherwise known as the Due Process office ranked first in the North-East region, and second best in the country, stressing that “with the performance and a corrupt free posture of the Governor of the State Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, the centre will honour him with an Award.”
Joshua Danmalam,
Information Officer, SGS’ office.
