Lawmaker seeks training for council workers

Mr Somto-chukwu Udeze, a lawmaker representing Ogbaru 2 constituency, Anambra House of Assembly, has called for continuous training of Local Government staff to guarantee efficient service delivery.

Udeze made the call in an interview in Awka on Wednesday.

The lawmaker who is the Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts and Minority Whip, said such training would enhance professionalism and productivity in council areas.

He said the call was necessitated by his experience when the council’s leadership appeared before his committee for the verification of their audited accounts for 2019 and 2020.

Udeze explained that such training would enthrone transparency and accountability, reduce expenses, discourage corruption and save money for government.

He said although the council’s leadership had kept its records straight, which encouraged transparency in public accounting system, but training of its staff was needed for them to performance better in key areas.

Udeze said training and retraining of officers would discourage waste of funds and advised government to see it as an urgent need of the council.