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ABEOKUTA NORTH LG OVERHAULS REVENUE SYSTEM, SETS UP DIGITAL TRACKING<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Abeokuta North Local Government has embarked on a comprehensive revenue reform aimed at boosting its financial base and ensuring accountability.<\/p>\n

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The Executive chairman of the local government Hon. Lanre Oyegbola-Sodipo, announced this during a press conference held at the council secretariat on Monday.<\/p>\n

While addressing the press, the chairman said upon assuming office, his administration discovered that the revenue base of the local government was significantly low and mismanaged.<\/p>\n

To address this, he canceled all previous revenue collection contracts and set up a Revenue Monitoring Team (RMT), led by the Vice Chairman, Hon. Taiyelolu Egbeyemi.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs of today, we have identified 67 revenue points within the local government, compared to the 10 or 15 revenue points we met on the ground,\u201d Oyegbola-Sodipo revealed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have deployed able and committed young men to monitor revenue collection, and we are now working towards scaling up our revenue drive across all identified points.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chairman added that the local government is also introducing a digital revenue collection system to enhance efficiency and transparency adding that the system will officially commence on Wednesday in which all levies and taxes are paid digitally.<\/p>\n

Providing an example of how this will work, the chairman explained that petrol stations in the local government were previously charged a flat rate, regardless of the number of pumps they had.<\/p>\n

This, he noted, was unfair. \u201cWe have now introduced a pump-based levy system to ensure fairness. Starting Wednesday, we will begin capturing and onboarding all petrol stations into the digital system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The chairman also said the new system will be extended to markets, with market women being properly identified and grouped into clusters.<\/p>\n

Hon. Lanre Oyegbola Sodipo also highlighted plans to maximize local government assets, citing Ori-Omi, a local venue previously rented out for as low as \u20a690,000 per event.<\/p>\n

He described this as a gross abuse of government property and announced an immediate review of its management to increase revenue generation.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, a Skills and Enterprise Development Center is being established within the council secretariat to support young entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

According to Oyegbola-Sodipo, a team of seven young professionals has worked for nearly nine weeks to develop a blueprint for the center.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe center will provide a platform for young people to develop their innovations and grow their businesses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hon. Oyegbola-Sodipo reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to ensuring a more transparent, accountable, and efficient local government.<\/p>\n

His words\u201d if you are unable to measure anything, then you’ll be unable to manage it, whatever you can’t measure, you cannot manage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever you cannot inspect don’t expect, it is on this principle that we charge ourselves that we need to do a complete overhaul the process, the system, the architecture that drives our revenue in the local government.\u201d<\/p>\n

The chairman assured residents that these reforms will not only boost internally generated revenue (IGR) but also improve service delivery and attract more development projects to the local government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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