{"id":118562,"date":"2025-05-09T05:13:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T04:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=118562"},"modified":"2025-05-09T05:13:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T04:13:40","slug":"frc-chair-endorses-cso-role-in-budget-oversight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/frc-chair-endorses-cso-role-in-budget-oversight\/","title":{"rendered":"FRC Chair Endorses CSO Role in Budget Oversight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1831586865636329603\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Daniel Adaji<\/div>\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1831586865636329603-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Executive Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), Victor Muruako, has expressed strong support for the involvement of civil society organisations (CSOs) in budget oversight, describing it as key to promoting transparency and accountability in public financial management.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cOur collaboration machinery is ready and waiting. We look forward to working together to achieve our shared vision of open and accountable governance,\u201d Muruako said during an advocacy visit by the Socio-Economic Research and Development Centre (SERDEC) to the Commission\u2019s headquarters in Abuja on Thursday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Led by its Executive Director, Tijani Abdulkareem, the SERDEC delegation visited as part of efforts under the Open Government Partnership (OGP) to strengthen collaboration with government institutions involved in fiscal governance.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>During the visit, SERDEC proposed several areas of collaboration, including increased public access to FRC reports in simplified formats, regular civil society engagement forums, joint public education on budgeting, and grassroots tracking of budget implementation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cSERDEC recognizes the pivotal role FRC plays in enforcing fiscal discipline, monitoring public expenditure, and ensuring budget compliance. These functions directly support the goals of the OGP, especially in promoting transparency, anti-corruption, and citizen participation,\u201d Abdulkareem said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In response, Muruako welcomed the proposals and emphasised the Commission\u2019s commitment to joint initiatives that enhance openness in government.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He pointed to FRC\u2019s ongoing participation in the Technical Unit on Governance and Anti-Corruption Reform (TUGAR) as evidence of its commitment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He also praised President Bola Tinubu\u2019s fiscal reforms and declared full support for Local Government autonomy, but added a word of caution, \u201cLocal government officials must first be trained in budgeting and fiscal responsibility to ensure effective implementation.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Muruako acknowledged that while the Commission has a wide mandate, financial limitations hinder its operations.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe Commission has a broad mandate but faces financial constraints in fulfilling its responsibilities,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Efforts are underway, he noted, to amend the Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2007 to enhance revenue inflow into the Consolidated Revenue Fund.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8417210331095214395ymail_android_signature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Daniel Adaji The Executive Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), Victor Muruako, has expressed strong support for the involvement of civil society organisations (CSOs) in budget oversight, describing&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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