Delta State Immediate past Commissioner of Finance, Sir Fidelis Okenmor Tilije has challenged the public to a debate on the state’s financial report.
Tilije disclosed this while speaking with Journalists shortly after a send forth party organized for him by the Ministry in Asaba, the state capital.
He said he was ready to reveal the accurate breakdown of the state’s finance to whoever cares to be updated on the breakdown on the information.
“That is why we are very bold to tell the world, if you think that the finances of Delta State is such that you are not satisfied with it, call for the document and they would be made available to you”.
He said, “as a government, the Okowa’s administration had been transparent when it has to do with finance”. “ I must confess that governor Okowa was on top of the game, he was willing to accept changes, listen to advice and was ready to drive those changes when he assigned us to them”, he said.
Okenmor also revealed that the world bank had given the state and the immediate past governor, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa thumbs up as one of the most transparent and accountable states in Nigeria.
According to him, “the world Bank itself came out with verdict that Delta State is one of the most accountable and transparent states in the federal republic of Nigeria”.
