METHODIST CHURCH NIGERIA - Online Study Bible

the Codified System will increase as we enter the second year of the
scheme.
Diocesan Responsibility:
We wish to reiterate that the role of the Diocesan Headquarters in
collating and summarising all payments made by the Local Churches,
Circuit by Circuit, and despatching same to Conference Headquarters on
monthly basis is still in force. This is the only means of cross checking
the entries on the Bank’s statements by Conference Headquarters
Accounts personnel.
Furthermore this shall enable the Bishops to monitor and appraise the
remittances of their various Local Churches and Circuits based on the
initial target set for them.
It has also been observed that a number of Dioceses that were hitherto
forwarding their monthly remittance documentations to Conference
Headquarters have stopped doing so since the emergence of the
Codified System. Contrary to lay down policy of submission of
documents to the Headquarters.
Challenges encountered:
We still have some Local Churches that have not complied with the
requirement of the Codified System of payment. Representatives of
some Local Churches making payment at the Banks are still in the habit
of signing their names on deposit slips. This is very wrong. All that is
required to be written at the column is the remittance code of the
Local Church. This is the only way to verify the source and purpose of
the payment when we receive Bank statement at Conference
Headquarters.
Similarly, some Local Churches do lump together different types of
remittance on one deposit slip when paying to Bank. Each remittance
type has its distinct Code for payment. Therefore, lumping of various
payments on one Bank Deposit slip has fallen away with the
introduction of the Codified System.
The Dioceses too account for non-codification of some of the
remittances in our books. Often times, remittances are delayed and in
the process of releasing the arrears of remittance for payment through
Bank, the Dioceses would simply bulk the remittances of different types
(a practice that has been out-lawed) with a single cheque thereby
rendering the Codified System ineffective.
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