Nwosu, Bindo Clinch APC Guber Tickets in Imo, Adamawa

 By Okorocha wins senatorial ticket

The son in-law of Imo State Governor, Mr. Uche Nwosu has clinched the gubernatorial ticket of All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2019 general elections.

The exercise was conducted yesterday in Owerri, the Imo State capital, and Nwosu polled a total of 269,524 votes to win the party’s ticket, according to the Chairman of the electoral panel, Ibrahim Agbabiaka.

Former chairman of the electoral panel, Ahmed Gulak, in previous  exercise had declared Hope Uzodimma, senator representing Imo West, winner after fleeing the state.

Also in Adama State yesterday, Governor Jibrilla Bindo was declared winner of the APC governorship primary.

Chairman of the Electoral Committee, General Tijjani Ahmed, declared the results at 1.30 a.m. on Sunday.

Bindo’s emergence as the party’s governorship candidate for Adamawa came amidst controversy as the duo of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Dr. Mahmood Halilu Modi, Aisha Buhari’s brother, rejected the electoral process.

Meanwhile, Okorocha was declared winner of the ticket for the Imo West senatorial district.

Okorocha polled 141,117 votes to defeat Uzodinma and Osita Izunaso, former national organising secretary of the APC, who got 1,359 and 24 votes respectively.

Edo Residents Applaud Obaseki’s New Tech-based Revenue Collection Scheme

Residents of Edo State have applauded Governor Godwin Obaseki’s approval for the deployment of tech-based revenue collection scheme to automate and boost Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the state.

 The residents including traders, commercial vehicle operators, business owners, among others, who spoke to journalists said that the use of technology-based revenue collection scheme will ease payment of taxes, levies and other charges paid to the government.

 The Chairman, Edo Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Igbinidu Inneh recently said that the technology-driven scheme will automate revenue collection process from data capture, profiling, assessment generation and notification to cashless settlement, adding it will make way for deployment of persons to serve as distributors, sub-distributors, retailers, and enumerators across the 192 wards in the state.  It is expected to create 5,000 jobs within the state.

A commercial vehicle operator in Benin City, Edo State capital, Ikponmwosa Daniel said the state government’s decision to automate revenue collection was a smart move, adding, “if I can use a card to pay my daily levies automatically, that will help a lot.”

Christian Okojie, a commercial vehicle operator who plies Benin-Auchi route, said, “Our governor has continued to bring appreciable changes in how things are done in the state. This technology-based revenue collection system will put a stop to multiple taxation.”

 “There are times we pay revenue here in the park in Benin City, but when we get to Auchi, the agents will ask you to pay same revenue which you have already paid in Benin City. From what I understand about the way the payment will be done, I believe this digital payment system will put a stop to the problem we drivers face,” he added.

 A trader in Uselu Market, who identified herself as Madam Elizabeth, praised governor Obaseki for the deployment of technology-based revenue collection scheme.

 “This will benefit us who are traders the most. All those revenue people who come here to harass us to pay our levies will reduce. Since it will require the use of the card for payment just like it is done with those Comrade Buses, it will be more convenient to pay the levies without anybody coming to harass you,” she
said.

Mr. Livinus Emeka who operates a fleet of haulage trucks, said, “I am pleased to hear of the introduction of technology-based revenue collection system. This will end the challenges operators in the haulage business face. I think this is one of the best things for me that Governor Godwin Obaseki has done to eliminate touts, who mount roadblocks on the high way, collecting all kinds of levies from truck drivers at different points.”