AMAC Unveils Guidelines To Curb Revenue Leakages

By Garry Ochigbo

The Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council AMAC, Christopher Maikalangu
has unveiled guidelines to curb incessant pilfering and excesses of fake revenue collectors.

This is contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to the Chairman, Mr Kingsley Madaki.

To this end, the statement says all AMAC technical partners are advised to abide by the bye-law guiding their contract.

The statement stresses that all AMAC technical partners must go to the Chief Revenue Officer of the Council and collect their duly stamped demand notices.

According to the statement, technical Partners are not permitted to print their own demand notices, but go to the Chief Revenue Officer whenever their Demand Notices finishes for replacement and verification by the AMAC Revenue Service.

According to the statement the Council has the right to revoke the License of any Technical Partner who produces his/her own Demand Notices or receipts and regard such partner as a criminal and be treated as such.

It stresses that 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.

The statement adds that the general public are advised not to pay cash to any Technical Partner or their representative to avoid falling victim of fake revenue collectors.

“The step taken is to curtail the excesses of fraudsters masquerading themselves as agents or representatives of the council as well as to save our valued clients and teeming unsuspecting residents from falling prey to ths emerging trickery”.

According to the statement all revenue collectors, technical partners are enjoined to adhere to the directive and desist from cash collections henceforth.

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