By Haruna Usman
The unsung hero does not wake and feel like he will do good that day. He does not know that he is hero instead he believe that they he just a part of the community. He also does not know how important he is to the society. He changes multiple lives through various contributions
The unsung hero is admired by the society for his courage, nobility, or exploits. My unsung hero is Alh Abubakar Muhammed Birnin Kebbi, the Hon Commissioner Ministry of finance Kebbi State.
The good people of Kebbi State have every reason to be grateful to Almighty Allah for the tremendous achievements and contributions of Alh Abubakar Muhammed Birnin Kebbi as chief financial advisor to the Kebbi State government that ensure established mechanism and processes of coordination, which reflects the aggregate control needs of the government, provide overall fiscal stability as well as good governance and efficiency of activities across government tiers in the state.
Kebbi State today ranks top in the fiscal responsibility rating for the first time in Kebbi State history as act of transparency, the name of company, contractor, amount spent for each project executed by the state government are made public by the finance ministry via the monthly EQUITY Magazine publish by the State Ministry of Information. This is adjudged by many as the highest form of accountability and openness exhibited by any administration in the state.
Abubakar introduced a standardized basis for budgetary measures as a means of assessing results of government activities, particularly important under this scheme are the requirements for accounting transparency, independent monitoring and timely reporting of results to the respective political heads and higher levels of administration.
Incentives and sanctions to reinforce control mechanism merit as basis for assigning responsibility shapes the administration of HE Comrade (Dr) Nasir Idris Kauran Gwandu under the supervision of Alh Abubakar Muhammed Birnin Kebbi the Hon Commissioner of finance.
The giant strides of the Kauran Gwandu administration in Kebbi State were no doubt achieved through sound formulation and evaluation of policies relating to finance, advice and proposals of funding mechanism for infrastructural projects as well as cordial relationship with relevant financial institutions facilitated by Alh Abubakar Muhammed Birnin Kebbi.
In the face of the current economic situation plans and programmes were developed by the finance ministry that necessitates achievements of the designed objectives of boosting the internal revenue base of the state by all revenue generating agencies this contributed in no small measure in complimenting the dwindling monthly allocation of the State from the federation account prompt salary payment, students school fees and other bursary allowances are all products of this laudable effort.
Payment of all counterpart funds for donor funded development projects across the state from bilateral and other donors were prioritised by the Kauran Gwandu administration under the able coordination of the finance ministry in conjunction with ministry of budget and economic planning this account for the successful implementation of all world bank and other multilateral funds and projects in different sectors in Kebbi State today.
Alh Abubakar Muhammed Birnin Kebbi, a highly committed and dedicated public officer has contributed immensely to professionalism in financial affairs of the Kebbi State government and its achievements over the last six months as a member of the state executive council some of the notable achievements/contributions as highlighted above informed the decision of many discernible minds under the aegis of the “KEEBI FIRST PROJECT” to as a means of appreciation organise a grand reception and award presentation to an UNSUNG HERO… keep a date with us.