…Finance Minister Ngafuan Wants Them See Appointments Challenging
Finance Minister Augustine Ngafuan has reminded the newly confirmed Comptroller General of Liberia, John B. S. Davies and Assistant Finance Minister for Administration, Cain Prince Andrews, to consider their appointment among the 4.5 million people in Liberia as a challenge to them.
The Finance Minister also encouraged the new presidential appointees to be diligent in the discharge of their new duties, calling on them to be multidimensional players in controlling the nation's economy.
The Finance Minister spoke Monday, April 5, at the induction of the of the two Comptroller and the Assistant Minister on the 10th Floor of the Ministry of Finance where he urged the two officials to be more active. “When we find out that anyone is sleeping behind the wheel, we will shift the vehicle to another person,” the cautioned the two new financial managers of the government.
The minister continued that the new officials has join his 'indomitable' team at the Ministry to reengineer the ongoing financial management system. “As we proceed at the Finance Ministry, we are the ones that take care of the country's banana and that we should not be monkeys; which I think there is no monkey among us here anyway,” the Finance Minister further cautioned.
According to him, “We want multidimensional players here at Finance Ministry. What will happen to the ceremony here today depends on the individuals being introduced. As we celebrate today, let's celebrate tomorrow; let's celebrate day after tomorrow and forever.”
He formally introduced the two officials, and challenged them to be multidimensional players in shifting the destiny of the nation's financial management system.
Minister Ngafuan, notwithstanding, expressed confidence in the new Finance Ministry officials; he noted that Comptroller General Davies brings more experiences from the Liberia Bank for Development and Investment (LBDI), while Assistant Minister Andrews brings to the table his technical know-how from the Budget Bureau.
The Minister Ngafuan also expressed happiness over the filling of the gab at the Finance Ministry, terming the two positions as critical to the performance of the Ministry. He maintained that the Ministry has operated without a Comptroller General more than a year following the dismissal of James Boker.
Although the two officials of the ministry awaits presidential commission, Minister Ngafuan said he was mandated by the President to introduce them to begin work.
Responding, Comptroller General Davis, who worked at LBDI and Andrews who worked at the Budget Bureau, informed Minister Ngafuan that their new assignment is a transfer of values they have accumulated over the years, indicating that they are not strange in the financial environment.
For Comptroller General Davies, who promised to not be “superfluous” with “verbosity” emptily promised to remain committed to financial propriety. He recalled, “ “Already at Finance Ministry, I am referred to as Armstrong Jackson,” the tough talking Comptroller General stated. Davies and Andrews were confirmed by the Liberian Senate last week.
In his own judgment and mode of operation at the LBDI, he said: I am already referred to as 'God Bless You Gate' at the LBDI, saying, “I am being called so because of my toughness in handling finance at the LBDI.”
He however allayed the fears of his office staff when he said, “I may be tough, I may be difficult, but I will not leaf you alone. All I expect is for every one to work harder so that we all will learn together.”
For their part, Deputy Ministers for Administration, Expenditure and Revenue, Messrs. Tarnue Mawolo , Arthur Fumba and Madam Elfreda Tamba received Davies and Andrews to the Ministry, and welcomed them to the public financial management system (PFMS).
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