President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why the Treasury Single Account was opened by his administration, IgbereTV reports.
According to the President, the TSA was opened to address irregularities, ensure accountability, curb the incessant number of accounts and enable the tracking of all government revenues.
Buhari disclosed this on Tuesday at the third National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector.
“When we came into government, we found out that some institutions had hundreds of accounts. How can the Accountant General trace them?
“So, we introduced the Treasury Single Account so that all revenues will be followed and directed to it. This is a very positive way of making sure that revenues can be traced to Treasury Single Account and therefore be accounted for,” Buhari said.
The President speaking on ways to address the critical challenge of the high cost of governance vowed that all ghost workers will be severely punished and those who have engaged in illegal recruitments and those who pad their personal payrolls.
He said further that, “Government has noted that some MDAs have devised fraudulent practice of presenting new projects as ongoing projects.”
He promised that necessary action and sanctions will continue against the heads of such erring MDAs.
