The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has described the State Interest Governance Authority (SIGA) as one that has been created to ensure enhanced transparency and accountability in the running of state institutions.
Dr. Bawumia who was speaking during the signing of performance contracts for Boards and Management of specified entities on one hand, and government represented by SIGA, noted that the continued stay in office of the various boards and management was dependent on their ability to meet the targets set out in the performance contracts they signed.
The signing of the performance contracts BestNewsGH.com is informed, is in fulfillment of a statutory provision under the Regulations (196) of the Public Financial Management Act (LI 2378).
The Vice President said ‘’Government is aligning the performance of state entities with the vision of economic transformation (Ghana Beyond Aid). In the past, the operations of the state entities were quite opaque but with SIGA, enhanced transparency and accountability is being introduced.’’
The performance contracts were signed yesterday, Wednesday, January 8, 2019.
Source: BestNewsGH.com
