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The World Bank has granted Sokoto State Government $22 million for its commitment to the implementation of the State’s Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) programme.
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The World Bank has granted Sokoto State Government $22 million for its commitment to the implementation of the Stateâs Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) programme.
A breakdown of the grant shows that the state got $5 million in November for approving COVID-19 budget while it got the balance of $17.4 million for its 2019 fiscal performance two weeks ago.
According to a statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Governor, Muhammad Bello, the state government clinched the grant after its astronomical score in the SFTAS ranking from 2/5 in 2019 to 14/15 in 2020, which puts it among the top three states in the country to achieve such ranking.
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The World Bank has granted Sokoto State government $15 million for its commitment to the implementation of the States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) program.
The state government clinched the grant after its astronomical score in the SFTAS ranking from 2/5 in 2019 to 14/15 in 2020, which puts it among the top three states in the country to achieve such ranking.
A statement signed by the special adviser on media and publicity to the governor, Muhammad Bello, said the state grant also earned $2.5 million grant from World Bank last year.
Also in the period under review, the state government doubled its share of the federally collected PAYE tax and undertook a forensic audit of its pension benefits, thus establishing “a liability of over N800 million which is under verification and validation by the Pension Transition Arrangement Directorate (PTAD),” the report of the SFTAS Committee presented to Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal stated.