The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said training is crucial to enhancing efficiency and transparency.
It therefore stated that training is crucial in upscaling its management processes to enhance its efficiency and transparency in service delivery to the people of the Niger Delta Region.
NDDC acting Director, Finance and Supply, Mrs. Asu Kunemofa, stated this during a two-day in-house training for staff of Finance and Accounts departments of the Commission.
She stressed, in a release by the NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Dr Ibitoye Abosede, the importance of training and re-training in any organisation.
She also noted that periodic update of knowledge was necessary to improve the service delivery of the Commission.
Kunemofa was represented at the training programme by the Assistant Director, Finance and Supply, Mr. Aladetan Olumide.
She thanked the Management of the NDDC, led by the Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, for approving the training, which involved officials from the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation.
Kunemofa said: “Training is an indispensable component of our professional growth and organisational success.
“It is an opportunity to strengthen our skills and learn new ones, helping to boost individual performance in the discharge of our duties as staff of Finance and Supply Directorate and Internal Audit departments of NDDC.”
In his presentation, the training facilitator, Mr. Consider Obonyano, cautioned NDDC staff against being careless with documentation in the discharge of their duties as accounting officers and auditors of the Commission.
He stressed the importance of proper documentation in all government transactions, stating that any Chief Executive Officer would need well trained staff to succeed.
He said that auditors and accountants must keep details of all financial transactions at all times.
“You need to keep proper records because that is the way to show transparency in the processes of the organisation,” he said.
Obonyano did the second presentation, entitled: “Auditing as a Panacea for Effective Financial Management and Enthronement of Generally Accepted Practice”.
He underlined the importance of auditing and stated that it compelled planning.
