Niger Partners Private Firm To Drive TSA, Signs MoU

Niger State Government has involved a private firm to drive  the implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) in the state  even as the government signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU)  that will oblige payment of N45 million  to the firm.

The Commissioner for Finance, Niger State, Alhaji Balarabe Ibrahim stated that making  TSA operational  in the state was a landmark achievement for the government and  that the government was desirous of making it work for the good of the state, adding that the engagement of the private firm, Globalinfo Swift was to select gateway for the implementation of  TSA in the state and leverage on areas of competence of the firm in information and  communication technology (ICT) required for the implementation  of the programme.

According to him, the time frame for the firm to operate and put the state on the right track for hitch- free implementation was three months while the engagement will cost the government N45 million.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Alhaji Zakeri  Abubakar,  said it was contained in the MoU that the firm would organise training programmes for the personnel of the state to master the platform that will automate the TSA saying that   “Niger  State shall nominate and release its employees to be part of project team  to drive this project”