B/Ladi LG Boss, Barr. Mandyau Receives Audit Report, Promises Vigorous Implementation

By Joseph Adudu

The Management Committee Chairman, Barkin Ladi Local Government Council, North Central Nigeria, Barrister Ezekiel Mandyau has said that the Council would soon look into the issues of contractors that have genuinely fulfilled their part of contractual obligation with the Local Government but have not been paid. Mandyau made this statement on Wednesday at the conference Hall of the Council after receiving an Audit Report of a 7- man committee headed by Philip Sambo.

The Committee was said to have been set up in October this year to look into issues of Assets and Liabilities of the Local Government.
“I receive this report with much gratitude after taking your time to painstakingly submit this report finally. With the caliber of members of this committee, we are confident to say that we will indeed, find this report useful and valuable” said the Chairman.

African Drum reports that Barrister Mandyau said that it became imperative to set up the committee when the management team assumed office so as to have a basis for effective operation stressing that the clarification was necessary to disabuse the minds of whoever might think the committee was aimed at witch hunting. “We feel that it only make sense if we have an idea of the genuineness of Assets and Liabilities of the local government. So, we believe this report will help in guiding us appropriately”, he said.

The Council boss further noted that the management team would painstakingly go through the report and ensured it is vigorously implemented not for anything but for posterity sake and to satisfy their conscience. “We are not doing this to receive any applause but we are doing it because we feel our conscience tells us to do so”, he said. Mandyau said that the report will surely guide the Council to know how people rendered services or delivered goods to the local government but payments had been lingering for years.

The Chairman said that another reason why management team would ensure the implementation of the report was to ensure that genuine contractors who have fulfilled their own side of obligations were not subjected to unnecessary hardship as a result of doing jobs for the local government. Mandyau added that his administration was open for constructive criticism and advises from spirited individuals as governance is all about inclusiveness. “I want to say that you’re free to offer your advice. Governance is all about what the people want not just about what the leaders want. So, we believe you would be able to make your inputs just like this committee has done”, said the Chairman.
While presenting the report earlier, the committee chairman noted that the committee had to go beyond period given it to submit the report because of unforeseen challenges. He however, appreciated members of his committee who worked assiduously against all odds to conclude the assignment in line with its terms of reference. “I won’t sit down until I thank other members of my committee for sacrificing their personal comfort to come up with this report”, he said.

The Chairman on behalf of other members of the committee thanked the Council for finding them worthy to render services to the Council and promised to be available if called upon for other assignments. He was very optimistic that the report would be useful to the Council.

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B/Ladi LG Boss, Barr. Mandyau Receives Audit Report, Promises Vigorous Implementation