By Godwin Agia, Jalingo
The Women’s Rights to Education Programme (WREP), in collaboration with the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), trained local government staff on public expenditure tracking and beneficiaries’ feedback in Taraba state.
Speaking during a town hall engagement on Monday-Tuesday in Jalingo and Ardo-Kola, Gassol on Wednesday organized for local government officials, WREP’s Executive Director, Dr. Mimidoo Achakpa said that the engagement was designed to train citizens to engage with their leaders and demand accountability for the use of public resources.
The town hall engagement which tagged, “public expenditure tracking and beneficiaries’ feedback” brought together senior staff from Finance, Administration, and Budget Departments across Jalingo, Ardo Kola, and Gassol Local Government Areas.
Represented by the WREP Programme manager, Mr Henry Akya, Mimidoo noted that the workshop was aim at equipping local government staff with practical skills in public expenditure tracking and beneficiaries’ feedback.
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