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| Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman presenting an award to Tan Sri Datuk Sukarti Wakiman of the State Secretary’s Office. At centre is Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang. Pic by Edmund Samunting |
KOTA KINABALU: SABAH continues to be one of the best financially-managed states in Malaysia.
Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang said under the stewardship of
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman, Sabah has yet again demonstrated
sound financial management last year to maintain its record of efficient
and prudent handling of its finances over the last 10 years.
"Sabah has been very focused in its financial management and as a
result its financial standing has improved tremendously over the years,"
he said at the presentation of the auditor-general's Unqualified Audit
Certificate (UAC) to six state departments and agencies in Sabah.
The six are the State Secretary's Office, Treasury, Public Service
Department, Printing Department, Rural Development Corporation and Kudat
Municipal Council.
Lauding Sabah for setting the trend in sound financial management,
Ambrin noted that the recipients of the UAC in Sabah for last year had
doubled compared to that in 2010.
He also said that 34 state ministries, departments and agencies had
shown exemplary financial management with six of them awarded a
four-star rating and 21 with three-star rating.
The auditor-general also praised state departments and agencies in
Sabah for being prompt in submitting their statement of accounts to his
office every year.
"This shows that Sabah under the leadership of the Datuk Seri Musa as
the chief minister has been practising good governance," Ambrin said.
Since Musa, who also hold the finance portfolio, took over the helm of
the state government in 2003, Sabah's reserves had increased to a
whopping RM4 billion.
Thanking Ambrin for relentlessly imparting advice and guidance on sound
financial management to departments and agencies in Sabah, Musa said
putting Sabah's finances on a strong footing had been among his top
priority when assuming the state leadership.
"I believe we have proven our success in managing our state resources
and finances, contrary to claims by certain quarters who have been
questioning our capability and efficiency," Musa said.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman’s financial management of the Sabah government’s coffers and his forest management policies is rated the best in the nation..
ReplyDeleteMusa, who has helmed the state government since the past nine years, had not only ensured the state government prospered, but had also given more political stability, prosperity and infrastructural development in the state.
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