Gombe state governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has disclosed that his administration has uncovered N1.48 billion from 586 undisclosed accounts, while 265 hidden accounts linked to the previous administration were also uncovered.
Yahaya disclosed this in Gombe State yesterday, while declaring open a one-day workshop organised for chief accounting and paying officers, heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, as well as higher institutions on Treasury Single Account, tagged: “Cash Management Strategy”.
The governor said since he signed the implementation of the TSA, a lot of successes had been recorded as a total of 2,292 accounts linked to the state government were captured in addition to the 265 hidden accounts discovered.
According to him, his administration had closed 586 dormant accounts after generating their annual account statements for proper reconciliation and documentations.
He added that in order to further foster efficient management of cash resources, he approved the Cash Management Strategy for the state, stressing that such would help enhance budget performance by preventing costly budget overruns.
