Khalil Halilu, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, has called on the agency’s finance managers on effective resource control.

He stated this while convening an open one-day sensitization workshop on the policies and guidelines of the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) for financial managers of NASENI, in collaboration with the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), held at the Agency’s headquarters. in Abuja.

The workshop was aimed at enhancing financial management practices for NASENI principal officers, directors, managing directors and accounting officers system-wide.

According to Chima Akwaja, the Deputy Director Information, stated that the NASENI called for accurate financial record-keeping and the adoption of innovative processes which remain integral in the GIFMIS policy.

Warning staff on classified documents was quoted as saying, “Confidentiality in financial management is a crucial aspect and called for strict adherence to public service regulations regarding the integrity of official information.”

Mr Jeremiah Asanato, the Deputy Programme Manager, System Support and Sustainability Directorate, OAGF, giving an integrating budgeting and government expenditure. He emphasised that the policy will help to address irregularities, corruption, and other fraudulent activities in government Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

NASENI is an intervention agency whose mandate includes nurturing an appropriate and dynamic Science and Engineering infrastructure base for achieving industrialisation, initiated and sustained by homegrown solutions.

He challenged them to think about making NASENI an independent revenue generating agency.