Suswam stated this on Monday at the opening of a five-day capacity-building workshop on public procurement procedures for civil societies and the media.
The governor, who was represented by his Senior Special Assistant on International Development , Mr Sam Agwa, said the state needed to raise the level of consciousness of its civil service first before domesticating the Act.
``For us to domesticate this Act, we need to first of all raise the consciousness of the civil service for it to drive this legislation, otherwise this will cripple the activities of government.’’
He, however, admitted that the act was necessary for the overall financial well-being of the state.
He challenged NGOs and civil groups in the state to step up activities against corruption by ``creating enough noise on vulnerable issues capable of causing corruption rather than wait to blow the whistle.’’
The chairman of the coalition of NGOs in Benue, Mr Justin Gbagir, said the purpose of the workshop was to train NGOs, select civil society groups and the media for the purpose of sensitising the people to the Act.
He said it was important for the state to pass the Act as a first step toward achieving transparency in government.
He added that its domestication would enable government to save costs and provide qualitative service to its people.
He called on the media to use the training to equip itself with requirements of the Act for proper sensitisation.
The workshop is being attended by senior media practitioners and top officers of the NGOs and civil society groups.
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