Way to Collect Archaic Lagos Wharf Landing Fee - PSTT
In its continued efforts to free the corridors connecting the ports from illegal collections and payments, the Port Standing Task Force (PSTT) said plans are underway to engage the State Finance Commissioner from Lagos on the best way to pay the dock landing fees. collection.
The task force said this would be part of its second phase of "Operation Free the Port Corridor".
Speaking on the development, the team's General Coordinator, Mr. Moses Fadipe, said his team had repeatedly stopped state agency officials collecting fees along the road .
Fadipe said the PSTT was not opposed to the collection of swabs, but noted that digitizing the collection would facilitate standard operating procedure (SOP) as stipulated by the federal government through the office of the vice-president.
Lamenting the archaic mode of levy collection, Fadipe promised to engage the state government through the office of the finance commissioner.
"We will be meeting with the Lagos State Finance Commissioner on this in the coming weeks. We are already engaging them, but we will be meeting with them formally on this issue of dockside landing fee collection.< /p>
“During this meeting, many suggestions will be made on how best to collect the fees as we are in the era of digitalization and I know that when it comes to revenue collection in Nigeria, the state of Lagos is the first state to declare revenue collection digitally in Nigeria, so if they can succeed in this, collecting dockside fees will not be a problem for them.
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"That's why we want to meet with them in a week or two to see how we can harmonize things."
Recounting his experience with Wharf Landing Fees Authority officers, Fadipe revealed that some of the state revenue collection agency officials were arrested along the Apapa Port Corridor for alleged obstruction to traffic and turned over to officers of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC).
He further suggested that the Lagos State Wharf Landing Fee Authority should emulate how blue chip companies collect revenue at ports and how best to involve freight forwarders and truckers associations.
>Recall that the chairman of the Wharf Landing Fees Authority, Mr. Gboyega Salvador Adebayo, recently disapproved of the PSTT's harassment of Authority officials, noting that the task force was frustrating government revenue collection from the state.
In its continued efforts to free the corridors connecting the ports from illegal collections and payments, the Port Standing Task Force (PSTT) said plans are underway to engage the State Finance Commissioner from Lagos on the best way to pay the dock landing fees. collection.
The task force said this would be part of its second phase of "Operation Free the Port Corridor".
Speaking on the development, the team's General Coordinator, Mr. Moses Fadipe, said his team had repeatedly stopped state agency officials collecting fees along the road .
Fadipe said the PSTT was not opposed to the collection of swabs, but noted that digitizing the collection would facilitate standard operating procedure (SOP) as stipulated by the federal government through the office of the vice-president.
Lamenting the archaic mode of levy collection, Fadipe promised to engage the state government through the office of the finance commissioner.
"We will be meeting with the Lagos State Finance Commissioner on this in the coming weeks. We are already engaging them, but we will be meeting with them formally on this issue of dockside landing fee collection.< /p>
“During this meeting, many suggestions will be made on how best to collect the fees as we are in the era of digitalization and I know that when it comes to revenue collection in Nigeria, the state of Lagos is the first state to declare revenue collection digitally in Nigeria, so if they can succeed in this, collecting dockside fees will not be a problem for them.
READ ALSO IN NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
"That's why we want to meet with them in a week or two to see how we can harmonize things."
Recounting his experience with Wharf Landing Fees Authority officers, Fadipe revealed that some of the state revenue collection agency officials were arrested along the Apapa Port Corridor for alleged obstruction to traffic and turned over to officers of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC).
He further suggested that the Lagos State Wharf Landing Fee Authority should emulate how blue chip companies collect revenue at ports and how best to involve freight forwarders and truckers associations.
>Recall that the chairman of the Wharf Landing Fees Authority, Mr. Gboyega Salvador Adebayo, recently disapproved of the PSTT's harassment of Authority officials, noting that the task force was frustrating government revenue collection from the state.
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