Treasury Single Account: Plateau State Head of Service warns MDAs

The Plateau State Head of Civil Service, Mr. Izam Azi, has warned Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, in the state that, government will not take it lightly with any of them found sabotaging the implementation of Treasury Single Account (TSA) and its revenue drive or inclusion of ghost workers in its payroll.

Azi gave the warning, Thursday in Jos, during the Zonal Council Delegates Conference of the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE), which comprises Plateau, Benue, Niger, Kogi, Nasarawa, Kwara States and FCT.

According to him, holding the conference in the State is a clear indication that peace has fully returned to the State. He said, “Governor Simon Lalong has demonstrated his commitment towards the improvement of the welfare of the workforce since assumption of office.

He said the Governor has been able to clear several months outstanding workers salaries it inherited from the previous administration and also approved the release of outstanding promotions/advancement among others.

The Head of Civil Service appealed to NUBIFIE to support both the Federal and State Governments that have keyed into the Treasury Single Account (TSA) in ensuring the success of the implementation of the TSA.

Earlier in his welcome address, the Deputy Secretary General of NUBIFIE. Comrade Sunday Akinfolarin, called on the government to lead a total fight against casualisation of workers and the right for all worker to freely unionise.

Akinfolarin said government has a greater role to play by creating more enabling and conducive atmosphere for a resourceful and collaborative work with all unions.

He maintained that, the state government’s quest to diversify the economy can only be achieved with collaboration with the unions.

Also speaking, an Executive Director of the Civil Liberty Organization, Comrade Steve Aluko, said that for the fight against corruption to be won, Government at all levels must have a strategic collaboration with the banking sector, adding that if banking sector is not secured, whatever government is bringing to fight corruption will not work.

He said for Labour Unions to be more functional as they ought to be, “we must move from aristocracy to build sincere leaders that will defend its members as it ought to be.”