Katsina Begins Financial Monitoring of MDAs for Accountability

The Katsina State Government has launched a financial management monitoring exercise aimed at tightening expenditure control, strengthening accountability and ensuring public funds are used effectively.

 

The Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Bello Kagara, announced the initiative on Friday in Katsina while briefing supervisors and field officers for the first and second quarters of 2026.

 

Kagara said the Financial Management Monitoring and Evaluation (FMM) exercise would measure achievements and gaps in how public funds are managed and used across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

 

According to the commissioner, the exercise will review the state's existing financial management strategies and identify areas that need improvement. It will also examine expenditure management, prompt payments and fund remittances, with the aim of strengthening the state's financial system.

 

He added that it would assess the contribution of financial management to socio-economic development, identify staff training needs and recommend ways to improve service delivery.

 

Kagara said the initiative would promote transparency, accountability, efficiency and compliance with financial rules and regulations.

 

The commissioner said the exercise had become necessary because of the significant investments Gov. Dikko Radda's administration had made in critical infrastructure and socio-economic development.

 

He also pointed to growth in the state's Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), which he said had risen by more than 350 per cent above the baseline the administration inherited in 2023.

 

According to Kagara, fieldwork will run from Oct. 12 to Oct. 14, and completed questionnaires will be retrieved from Oct. 15 to Oct. 17.

 

Dr Salisu Ladan-Sabuwa, Technical Adviser to Radda on the Treasury Single Account (TSA), described the exercise as a fundamental public finance reform and the first of its kind in the state.

 

He said it would allow the government to evaluate financial activities across its agencies, with particular attention to how billions of naira invested in infrastructure and public services had been used.

 

Ladan-Sabuwa said the exercise would establish whether funds allocated to road construction, healthcare and other sectors were being spent on their intended purposes.

 

According to him, the findings will guide government decisions, improve the performance of MDAs and encourage further investment in infrastructure and service delivery.

 

He urged the supervisors and field officers to understand the questionnaires thoroughly, guide respondents properly and ensure that responses are accurate, stressing that the quality of the data would determine how reliable the analysis and recommendations would be.

 

He also asked participants to return all completed questionnaires to the designated collation centres.