State lawmakers say they have been reluctant to give the city assistance until they are confident that the money will be spent efficiently.

But there is no independent watchdog that the public can rely on to make sure that tax dollars are spent efficiently and honestly.

Gabonese public expenditures from the years of significant oil revenues were not spent efficiently.

Money is important when it is spent efficiently.

Such figures are of limited value in that they contain no guide as to whether the resources have been spent efficiently or effectively.

It is tremendously important that the very little amount of money we have should be spent efficiently and effectively.

We must have the guarantee that the money will be spent properly and efficiently.

European tax revenue must be spent efficiently and not poured down black holes somewhere or other.

Would we be in such a crisis if the EU had spent the money efficiently?

Just like our citizens, we are prepared to spend money, but it must be spent efficiently.