ODIRS Presents Over N57M Cheque To 18 LGS, from Land Use Charge,TV & Radio Adverts In Six Months

By John Kayode

The Ondo State Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS), has presented a cheque of N57,520,001.36 million to the 18 local governments in the state as their own share of Land Use Charge as well as Radio and Television License Fees.

The sum is the revenues generated from the Land Use Charge, Radio and Television advertisements for the second quarter of the year, covering July to December 2022.

The sum of N30m and N15,199,999.92 million had earlier disbursed by ODIRS to the 18 local governments in June this year, from same Land Use Charge and Radio & TV advert revenues.

The Executive Chairman of Ondo State Internal Revenue (ODIRS), Mr Tolu Adegbie in a chat with newsmen in Akure, the state capital said the disbursement was the second and last for year 2022.

*Cross Section of local government Chairmen, ODIRS Management at the event*

He revealed that each local government went home with N3.2m.

The ODIRS boss said: “He believed the money disbursed will assist the council Chairmen to cater for some of their needs.”

He reiterated the commitment of the ODIRS to increase the revenue profile of the state next year, through the capturing of residents phone details, adding that they would leverage on technology to make the collection easy and faster.

He appealed to the residents of the state to cooperate with their staff, who will be going round from the first quarter of 2023 to get their personal information.

Earlier, the Chairman of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Hon. Augustine Oloruntogbe thanked the state Governor Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for prioritising the affairs of workers in the State.

According to him, “the Ondo State Government under the leadership of Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN has never tamper with the

Local government fund”

The ALGON chairman said the Seven months salary arrears of workers owed by the previous administration has been reduced to Two months.

He commended the ODIRS for raising the revenue profile of the State. He assured the people of the state that the Government is prudent and will continue to work for them.