Coordination meeting:

Ayuk Peter Akpoeban, SW Treasury pay master general (TPG)

SW TPG decries corruption at toll gates and weighting stations

By Ajongakou Santos in Muyuka

The indiscipline among municipal treasurers, indiscipline, unprofessionalism, the non-deposit of management accounts, the poor content of management accounts, council crisis and a host of others have been identified as key factors that drawback the efficiency and accountability of most public accountants and municipal treasurers of the South West Region. Members of the Treasury, Monetary and Financial Jurisdiction of the South West Region have therefore been challenged to shun corruption and the mismanagement of public funds for the better accountability of the 2015 financial year. The call was made last Friday, October 16, 2015 by the Inspector General at the South West Governor’s office, Haman Dairou, on the occasion of the third coordination meeting of public accountants of the South West Region that took place at the Muyuka Council Chambers.   

                On his part, the South West Treasurer Paymaster General- Mr. Ayuk Peter- harped on the issues that are drawing the councils and the region behind when it comes to project executions. He frowned at the inability of accountants to properly produce and submit their management accounts in time, the late presentation of project dossiers and a host of others, saying these draw-backs must be properly addressed and with sanctions meted out on defaulters if the region must grow economically.

                Peter Ayuk also cried against delayed transmissions from revenue collectors and the non-payment of toll-gate and weighing station revenue to the treasury. 

                He noted for instance that revenue from tollgate tickets sold out to some 36.500 cars that plied the South West roads in September, have still not reached the treasury.

                The Treasurer Paymaster General for the South West Region called on those concerned to hurry up and bring the money before statutory sanctions are dished out. 

Some of the resolutions of the meeting included the need for duty consciousness, prompt and chronological payment of bills, the need to master public accounting operations as prescribed by the CEMAC region, Transparency and Accountability in public expenditure etc.

                Other proposals included; the continuous follow-up and verification of the execution of public investments by finance control officials, the terms for tender boards to be increased to three years renewable once instead of two years this to make for better visibility of the 3-year program budget.

                The quarterly meeting of public accountants is aimed to take stock of the road covered in the past three months of the year and to chart a way forward for better performance.

                Exposés on the advantages of Public Accountants; the sources and the texts that authorize these advantages; the impact of CEMAC directives in the Financial Regime of Local and Decentralized Collectives amongst others; reports of the activities of Chiefs of Services and Heads of Treasury Stations; activities of Accounting Officers, Inland Revenue Collectors, Municipal and Taxation Treasurers, Chiefs of the Customs Sector and Revenue collectors were all themes for discussions during the coordination meeting.