Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has set a September 1, 2023 target to migrate the state into a Treasury Single Account (TSA), ABN TV reports.

Dr. Otti said from that date all monies accruing to the State will be paid into a single account. Likewise, all payments by the state will be made through the same account.

The Governor spoke Wednesday at a townhall meeting with the leaderships of the transport unions and markets in the state, held at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Umuahia, capital of Abia, chief press secretary to the Governor, Kazie Uko said in a statement.

The townhall meeting was to educate as well as enlighten transporters and traders in the state on their obligations as the state adopts the new digital system of tax payments, the statement added.

"Our government is a very responsible government. We must put the people first and that's why you're here," the Governor told his audience as he set the tone and agenda for the event.

Governor Otti reiterated that the whole essence of digitalising the tax regime in the state is to eliminate all forms of sharp practices including fraud, diversion of proceeds, and middlemen.

"Now, you can pay from the comfort of your home or office, and get digital receipts on your mobile devices. We can authenticate your receipts through a code, I believe it's a QR code. We can read your receipts and know whether they're authentic or not.

"This scheme is carefully designed to develop and empower our people. It will lead to employment generation and also give confidence to our people that their payments are getting to the right place," Governor Otti further explained.

He called on the stakeholders in revenue generation to embrace the new tax regime, insisting that it would help in eliminating all forms of manual collection of revenue and fraud, increase the revenue base of the State, help in the ease of doing business, attract local and international investors and also help the government fulfill its campaign promises to the people of Abia State.

Also speaking, the Special Adviser to the Governor on IGR, Mr. Chimereze Okigbo said the town hall meeting was to have useful interactions with the necessary stakeholders given the formal launch of the new digital tax system.

https://abntv.com.ng/news/gov-otti-sets-final-date-for-migration-of-abia-to-treasury-single-account/

Way to go. You have started extremely well & you will end very well.

The people of Abia state have seen a lot as a result of bad leadership, to the extent that people/ haters insult them despite their ingenuity.

God bless Albians. God bless Otti.

Hope this news get to the frontpage thesame way news of Apc Ipob threads get to the frontpage with lightening speed

Nice move

Good development as it aims at removing thuggery from revenue collection by going digital.

Short man 😂 smh I don't trust him yet.

IconicR:
Short man 😂 TV smh I don't trust him yet.

People of Abia state trust him 100%.

paramakina202:


People of Abia state trust him 100%.

Short men are not nice so it's too early to trust him

Lawyers (Sullivan Chime, Tunde Fashola, Nyesom Wike, etc) and engineers (Rabui Kwankwanso, Dave Umahi, etc) have proven to be the best administrators in leadership. I am interested in seeing what a finance people (Alex Otti, Bola Tinubu, etc) would go.

IconicR:
Short men are not nice so it's too early to trust him

You rather trust Ikpeazu.We are good with Otti.

That's the way to go.
Block all leakages.

IconicR:
Short man 😂 smh I don't trust him yet.

We don't want u to trust him...as far as God fathers aren't in my state,we are ok with him.

Short man or tall man...he is better than many governors.

Nice2023:



We don't want u to trust him...as far as God fathers aren't in my state,we are ok with him.

Short man or tall man...he is better than many governors.

Isn't it too early to start praising him, what has he really done exactly

IconicR:
Isn't it too early to start praising him, what has he really done exactly

When u elect someone who is coming from the private sector,u will know the difference.

Very wonderful, I pray he succeeds in his Digitalization drive...