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The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) says it will be responsible for the collection of all revenues on behalf of the six area councils of the FCT in 2025.

Mr Michael Ango, acting Executive Chairman of the services announced this at the 2024 end of year media briefing in Abuja on Thursday.

Ango said that the goal was to ease compliance by taxpayers in the FCT and improve transparency and accountability for all revenue collection.

He said that a similar arrangement was being worked out with the various Secretariats, Departments and Agencies in the FCT Administration.

He explained that the decision was in compliance with the directive of the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike.

“The revenue collected will, however, remain theirs. All we are doing is to assist them to collect and aggregate it.

“Thereafter, the monies will be disbursed to them in their various accounts,” he said.

The FCT-IRS boss further said that the service would also focus on harmonisation of revenue administration in the FCT from 2025.

He added that a meeting had already been held with the chairmen of the area councils who have agreed to collaborate on the full harmonisation of revenue collection in the territory.

“We have different agencies in the FCT that collect revenue on behalf of the FCT Administration and these agencies collect all these revenue items individually.

“Globally, this is not the best practice. Therefore, Wike has directed that all the agencies in the FCT must have one central point for revenue collection.

“We must have a harmonised revenue administration system whereby taxpayers in the FCT, individuals and residents who want to pay any tax levies or fees to the FCT Administration will do that at one point.

“We will also have one central revenue reporting point to ensure better transparency and accountability for revenues collected,” he said.

tiswell:
Useless charade by the self acclaimed emperor of the fct and his minions

jumper524:
Make I bend if wike fit revoke land when belong to buhari, make I bend..then no born an well..
I just feel this was sponsored to justify the revocation of others..

Frigga13:
Wike the fool is doing his job … cooking for everyone..

He strives on attention.

Just ignore him to do his worst and see him chicken like stupid .
Give him feedback and they fool will open his gutters wide .


Na time ..

emkz:
Which country in Africa can stand against Nigeria? A Nigerian was competing for something he rightfully deserved, and all Nigerians were backing him, Morocco wan talk?

As wetin?

Tinubu removed subsidy, Cameroon and Niger started protesting.

NCC fined MTN for not terminating unregistered SIM cards, the South African President had to come to Nigeria to seek a diplomatic solution with former President Buhari. The MTN global CEO was fired because Nigeria was angry.

Buhari shut international borders; it affected the economies of West African countries.

Tinubu won election, John Mahama was in Nigeria after election monitoring duties to congratulate him. John Mahama won elections in Ghana, and he came to Nigeria to meet Tinubu, likely to invite him for his inauguration.

When foreign interests threatened Akinwumi Adesina's second term at AfDB, ALL African countries backed him once Buhari backed him.

When Egypt tried to oppose Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's appointment into WTO, Buhari damned them and their candidate could not get enough support from member states. He dropped out.

In music, no one challenges Nigeria in Africa. In fact, if you are in a gathering of Africans, you'd hear conversations about Nigeria.

Ademola Lookman deserved the CAF award for his exploits. Even CAF would not be prepared for the negative publicity that would have happened if he had been denied. It is those our netizens who'd use noise on twitter to accuse CAF of bias. No one wanted that.

Even Nigerian hater, Kemi Badenoch as UK Trade Secretary, was in Nigeria in February to look for trade agreements with the former minister for industry, trades and investment.

You are a great and respected country. You have potentials. You are just hard to please. Pile pressure on all politicians, starting from LGA chairmen to governors and president. You'd realize how much power you have.

1stHooligan:
These should not be classified as a crime since it's still spending the Naira as a means of transaction... Well the law knows better

ogmask:
You nailed it. Wike has special privileges others didn't have especially as it concerns the consolidated govt account. He is all noise with less substance. One thing he does very well is work on the psyche of Nigerians with his shabby performance while he fritters the money thru the back door. Everything he does is to his own benefit first before others. Go check any road he works on there's a property he intends to grab or one he has already grabbed. Every substandard bridge he built in rivers is tied to a property he grabbed from the government of rivers state or private and corporate bodies. Just name one road or bridge wike built that doesn't lead to his private estate or investment. Nobody can name one road he did for the people for the sake of good governance. Not one.

Finquas:
And the electronic and print media didn't go awash with birthday felicitations from political bootlickers today This should tell Wike that power is transient and he has expired ...

Jasix:
Politics!

APC senators in connivance with Wike trying to frustrate our dear FCT Senator, but they failed.
Wike must be called to order.

Wike thinks power lasts forever? Someone else will emerge as FCT minister tommorow and revoke all the lands he's grabbing forcefully today. Power is fleeting, momentary and transient .

The level of impunity, rascality and recklessness being exhibited by The Wicked Wike is really disturbing and doesn't sit well with majority of the FCT residents