BY ONYEKA AJUMOBI ONOCHIE
The acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Mohammed Kudu Usman, has promised the support of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation to the visiting Gambian team on Treasury Single Account (TSA).
Mr. Usman announced this while receiving the delegation which was in Nigeria to understudy the workings of the TSA as it operates in Nigeria, so that they can replicate same in The Gambia.
At the Treasury House, the acting Accountant-General of the Federation announced that both the Accountant-General and the whole of the Treasury House are prepared to share experience with the team on TSA as well as tap from The Gambia’s success story in GIFMIS, recalling how The Gambia had hosted delegation from Nigeria on study tour of GIFMIS about 15 years ago.
Mr. Usman further itemized the activities lined up for the team which include; lectures by subject matter experts, interactive sessions, meeting with key stakeholders, stressing that they will also visit Lagos where they are scheduled to meet some of Nigeria’s key players in the e-payments and FINTECH space who, he said, are vital to an endeavor like TSA.
The team had earlier paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Finance, Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, in her office where she advised that relevant states that have implemented TSA successfully in Nigeria should either be visited or invited over to Abuja to avail the Gambian TSA team their experiences so that they would be properly equipped to successfully implement TSA in The Gambia.
Mr. Sylva Okolieaboh, director, TSA in the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation enjoined the visiting team to pay attention to every little item slated for discussion. He gave his word to deliver on the promise of the Honorable Minister to supply all their needs in terms of adequate knowledge of TSA so that the dream of a standard TSA in Gambia can come to reality.
The Gambian team was led by the country’s Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Ada Gaye, who also came with the Accountant-General, Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, The Gambia, Mr. Momodou Lamin Bah.
Both of them spoke glowingly of their expectations in learning a whole lot from Nigeria to enable them break the bottlenecks that might likely want to impede their progress in delivery of TSA in The Gambia.
