The newly-sworn-in governor of Anambra state, Chukwuma Soludo has banned the collection of tax cash from all motor parks in the state.
Those entrusted with that kind of revenue generation in a place like Lagos are usually known as ‘agberos’.
Soludo says he’s ending that practice in Anambra.
“The fringe but destructive minority which embodies the ‘get rich quick by all means’ philosophy, cultism, drug addiction, blood-letting criminality, kidnapping, etc do not represent us, and cannot define us,’ Soludo said at his inauguration on Thursday.
“As a new social order and ‘everything technology’ philosophy takes life, many unproductive systems will give way.
“There will be new and better ways of managing our parks and markets, different and better ways of collecting government revenue, managing waste, and general service delivery to citizens.
“The land registry will be digitized; we shall leverage technology to ensure a responsive and accountable public service together with our initiative for an ID Card for every Anambra person wherever he/she may be, and a code of conduct for political appointees to mainstream servant leadership by example.
“We must rid Onitsha and all our roads and markets of revenue touts and make shopping in Anambra a pleasurable experience.
“Today, I will sign an executive order to suspend all revenue contracts operating in the parks, markets and roads until we put in place a new system within the next four weeks.
“Consequently, as from tomorrow, 18th March 2022, if anyone asks you to pay CASH to him as revenue to the government in the parks, markets and roads, such a person must be a thief.
“Market unions must also stop harassing customers. We shall embark upon massive training and social re-engineering to wean people off the old unproductive ways.
“As a humane government, we shall endeavour to offer alternative opportunities to the revenue touts,” he promised.
