The Hydro Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), has begun a five-day training for its officials to ensure productivity and service delivery in the commission.
Alhaji Abubakar Yelwa, Managing Director, HYPPADEC, made this known on Tuesday in Minna while inaugurating the capacity-building training on the implementation of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) for the commission’s accountants, auditors, procurement officers, and store officers.
Reports that the training by HYPPADEC is in collaboration with the office of the Accountant General of the Federation.
Yelwa said that the crucial roles played by the departments in an organisation necessitated the training, hence the need for due process compliance at all times.
He reiterated the commitment of the commission to enhancing training, and retraining of its workforce for effective and efficient services to enable them to guide their bosses in ensuring global standard practices.
The managing director described the finance and accounting departments as the life wire and engine room of an organisation.
“Therefore, there is the need to update the officials in the knowledge of financial compliance to enable them to facilitate the operations of the commission,” he said.
Similarly, Mr Ezeh Ekwueme, Director, Accounts Department, office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, told the participants to take the training seriously in order to achieve the policy implementation of the Federal Government at all levels.
Ekwueme explained that the challenge in Nigeria was the lack of accountability in many government transactions, hence the need to curb such menace to ensure proper accountability in government activities, toward enhancing development.
Speaking on behalf of the trainees, Alhaji Bala Halilu, Assistant Director, accounts department, HYPPADEC, promised that the trainees would utilise the training to enhance the productivity and service delivery for the government.