N 100 M Number Plates To Be Released

THE Kano State government has released N100 million to the Internal Revenue Board  for the procurement of 20,000 number plates, which would be sold at the rate of N15,000 to motorists.

This is just as the chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS),  Mrs Ifeku Omogui -Okauru, said the FIRS was working towards launching  a new tax scheme aimed at registering all tax payers in the country, where individuals would have unique tax clearance identification number to ease the problem of tax collection in the country.

Disclosing this at the weekend on behalf of the state governor, the state deputy governor,  Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, said the government had also granted  N20 million to  the board  for the procurement of security document to enhance the sales of the new national plate numbers.

He then disclosed that the number plates would be sold at the cost of  N15,000 and motorists have up to August next year to replace their number plates. He lament a situation where the nation relied on one item revue, adding that Kano State government  was working towards enhancing its internally generated revenue.

To this end, Mr Kwankwaso said the government had released  N30 million to the board for the procurement of 15 operational vehicles.

He expressed optimism that from the initiative and strategy employed by the board, the state would actualise its dreams of executing laudable projects.

The governor, while imploring wealthy individuals in the state to understand and appreciate the government’s intention by paying tax, advised the board to take cognisance of the position of ordinary individuals into consideration in their operations.

Meanwhile, the Benin Zonal command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned political parties to desist from distorting number plates with campaign stickers.