The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, has called on public office holders to exhibit the habit of spending government funds judiciously.
Maku made the call on Saturday during a tour of the Civil Defence Academy, Abuja, as part of the ongoing National Good Governance Tour of the FCT.
He said that the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) had shown commitment, transparency, accountability and good governance in building the academy.
The minister said, “We saw all the work he has done in this academy with N1.5 billion to build the academy and put infrastructure in place.
“This is good governance in place with focus, wisdom and where there is honesty there will be result. Resources allocated by government should be used judiciously.''
Also speaking, Dr Usman Shamsudeen, Minister of National Planning, commended the Commandant-General for transparency in discharging his duties.
At the academy, the FCT Minister, Sen. Bala Mohammed, also commended him for a clear testimony on the use of the land given to the corps for the building of the academy and infrastructure.
Mohammed assured the commandant of more land to put more infrastructure in place as requested by him.
Dr Ade Abolurin, Commandant-General of NSCDC, said that he had been able to utilised the resources given to him adequately to build and put infrastructure in place.
Abolurin said that the corps had trained his staff both locally and abroad on the use of weapons, defence, and security among others.
“We spent N1.5 billion to build the academy, where we have our training school, accommodation for our staff, church and mosque, as well as a fish farm among others.
“We also have dogs that detect bombs and we give them adequate training every day,'' he said.
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