KANO TO MAXIMIZE IGR FOR DEVELOPMENT – GOV. GANDUJE

KANO TO MAXIMIZE IGR FOR DEVELOPMENT – GOV. GANDUJE

 

Kano state government has set machinery in motion to capitalize on its revenue potentials for rapid socio – economic progress, the state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has stated.  

 

The governor stated this while receiving the Corps Marshall and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, in his office, disclosing that already, the government is studying the report of a committee of experts set up to advise it on revenue generation.

 

He said in view of increasing demand for infrastructural development and social services, and against the backdrop of dwindling Federal allocation, the state government must rise up to the challenge of sourcing funds internally.

 

Dr. Ganduje also mentioned that the government is keenly interested in maximization of accruable revenue from plate number and driving license, assuring that the administration would fully participate in the proposed partnership with FRSC in this regard.

 

Earlier, the FRSC Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi told the governor that he came to showcase the governor how his government would generate additional revenue through enforcement of using driving license and plate numbers.

 

Mr. Oyeyemi pointed out that while 74 percent of Lagos state motorists have driving license, only seven percent of the vehicle drivers in Kano have it, noting that state, with highest population in Nigeria, could generate more revenue than Lagos if it maximizes the process through partnership with the FRSC. He also pledged readiness of the commissions to train officials of the state road traffic agency, KAROTA, to improve their efficiency. 

 

Meanwhile, the governor also received management of Simba Group of Companies. Dr Ganduje said the state has fertile land for cultivation and is ready to partner with the company to benefit from new techniques of farming, in view of its huge farming population.

 

Halilu Ibrahim Dantiye, fnge, mni

Director General, Media and Communications,

to the Executive Governor of Kano state

15/8/2015