Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi stated that the order was in line with the current realities in the sector. Speaking at the commissioning of the Revenue Centre in Enugu, as well as the launch of the Government Revenue Automation Project and the release of operational vehicles, he said the era of manual collection of government revenues was over. He consequently directed the state Internal Revenue Service to ensure that it eliminates manual processes in its operations, stressing that the new order was the automation of all activities in the collection of revenues. Such revenues, he said, included enumeration, assessment, collections and issuance of tax clearance certificates, levies, fees and other non-tax revenues by various ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of government. He noted that his administration at inception presented a four-point agenda for the actualisation of the socio-economic vision of the state, adding that the state government has implemented the agenda to the letter resulting in the rapid and sustainable improvement in the living standards of Enugu people.

Source: The Guardian December 15, 2017 03:33 UTC