LG Autonomy: NULGE trains workers on financial management
Following the support for local government autonomy recently by the national Assembly, National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has trained its employees on financial management in preparation for the new task ahead.
Speaking during a three-day workshop with the theme: ‘Effective financial management of trade union finance’, NULGE’s National President, Ibrahim Khaleel said the workshop was organised to enhance the capacity of the union’s financial officers.
“At this critical time, there is a lack of capacity for local council workers as a tier of government; and we believe that whatever affects local government administration affects us directly, because without the third tier of government, there can’t be NULGE.”
He said, “This workshop is meant to update our knowledge on how to keep our financial records. Financial records are our collective responsibilities as a union to be rendered at the end of every year to the Registrar of Trade Union.
Since the inception of this leadership, the national secretariat has been rendering our financial accounts to the office every year up to the 2016 financial year.”
He stressed that the workshop, which was conducted by Nik-Seg Consultants, provided an opportunity for all the participants to learn new skills with the aim of understanding how financial records were done and also be in tandem with new trends.
He said that plans were underway to organise women and youth conference, which would enhance the leadership skills of women and youth wings of the union.
Khaleel insisted that training union workers in financial management was part of the administrative steps that could curtail corruption within the labour movement.
“Training in financial management is apt at this time because we believe it will not only enhance transparency and accountability, but will strengthen the development and growth of our union.
“It is even more critical for us to update our knowledge on financial management especially now that we are canvassing for financial autonomy for local government, he said.
