The Executive Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon. Christopher Zakka Maikalangu, has threatened to revoke the licences of technical partners engaged by the council for the collection of taxes and other revenues.
In a statement on Wednesday, signed by the Senior Special Assistant to AMAC Chairman on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Kingsley Madaki, Maikalangu frowned at revenue leakages under the watch of the technical partners.
Maikalangu directed all AMAC technical partners to liaise with the Chief Revenue Officer of the Council for all their needs, instead of printing remand notices and receipts on their own.
The statement read: “Due to incessant pilfering and excesses of the fake revenue collectors that are stealing the Council’s revenue by the use of impostors, the Executive Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council, Hon. Christopher Zakka Maikalangu, has directed that all AMAC Technical partners must abide by the bye-law guiding their contract.
“All AMAC Technical Partners MUST go to the Chief Revenue Officer of the Council and collect their separate demand notices duly stamped.
“No Technical Partner is permitted to print their own demand notice on their own. They should go to the Chief Revenue Officer whenever their Demand Notices finishes for replacement and go to AMAC Revenue and Security Taskforce for verification.
“All AMAC Technical partners MUST go to the Chief Revenue Officer of the Council and collect their receipts duly signed and stamped.
“The Council reserves the right to revoke the license of any technical partner who produces his/her own demand notices or receipts without delay. The Council will regard such partner as criminal and will be treated as such.
“The AMAC Taskforce on Revenue Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement are empowered to apprehend and prosecute anyone or group, who is subtly collecting taxes and levies on behalf of the Council illegally.”
He added: “The general public are advised not to pay cash to any Technical Partner or their representative to avoid falling victim of fake revenue collectors operating illegally within the Council.
“The public is further informed that this step is to curtail the excesses of fraudsters masquerading themselves as agents or representatives of the council as well as to save our valued client and unsuspecting members of the public from falling prey to emerging trickery.
“For the avoidance of doubt, all revenue collectors, technical partners are enjoined to adhere to this directive and desist from cash collections henceforth.
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