GOVERNOR Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State on Monday disclosed that the state was losing between N3 billion and N5 billion as revenue monthly from haphazard toll collection. The governor said this at the inauguration of harmonisation of haulage revenue collection in the state, in Abeokuta. The event, with the theme: Harmonisation Eradicating Multiplicity in Haulage Revenue Collection, was attended by top officials of security agencies, stakeholders in transport and haulage sector. Amosun lamented the huge loss of revenue by the state due to unorganised toll revenue collection, saying the new scheme would address the identified inadequacies of the former method. “As a government, we cannot allow such abuse which has led to major revenue loss and extortion of our people,’’ he said.

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 04, 2017 20:26 UTC