LASG wants LGs to embrace cashless policy  

Sole administrators in the 20 local government councils and 37 local council development areas in Lagos State have been urged to embrace cashless revenue collection through the use of information technology as this will prevent revenue leakages in their various councils.

Muslim Folami, the state commissioner for local government and community affairs, made the call at a three-day workshop, with the theme “impact of cashless and deployment of information technology system and Improvement on internally generated revenue’ organised for the newly appointed councils’ leadership.

Folami noted that the training was about acquisition of skills, knowledge and attitude, adding that ‘’capacity building of the newly appointed sole administrators is imperative and cannot be over-emphasised.’’

He was of the view that the workshop would enable the sole administrators and all heads of accounts and finance to have better understanding of the cashless policy and the operation of the system.

Jafar Sanuth, the permanent secretary in the ministry, implored all the participants to sensitise revenue collectors in their different local governments on how to improve effectively on their operations in order to eliminate all forms of revenue leakages.