The government of Anambra State has begun steps to automate its budget operations for the fiscal year 2024.
The action comes in response to Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s determination to digitise the state.
According to a press release distributed to media in Awka by the Anambra State ICT Agency, the agency has launched a campaign to speed up the creation of official emails for state personnel in order to facilitate interaction.
The agency’s Managing Director, Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata, said:
“To ensure the full digitization of the state budgetary processes, as envisioned by Mr Governor, the state government has developed software for the full digitization, with Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, expected to turn in their proposals and defend same, all digitally.
“Officials of government can only access the platform created with the digitization software with their official email addresses.
“So we have set up a dedicated desk at the Ministry, to assist with the creation and configuration of the emails for civil servants and MDAs.
“As a proactive step, we saw the need to dedicate a team to handle this and assist government workers in setting up and configuring their official government emails on their phones and laptops. We are also setting up and configuring official emails for all the 21 ministries and the MDAs,”
“To access the platform for digitization, the civil servants are to log in with the official government emails.
“So, if you are communicating with a civil servant via generic emails such as Yahoo or Gmail addresses, those correspondences are not official.”
He stated that the arrangement illustrates Soludo’s determination to digitise Anambra’s budget process while simultaneously improving service delivery.
cc: Daily Post Ng
