Enugu Govt Targets N20bn from Land Use Charge by Year-end

Gideon Arinze in Enugu

Enugu State Government has said it targets to generate revenue of N20 billion from Land Use Charge Payment by the end of 2024.

Executive Chairman of Enugu State Internal Revenue Service, (ESIRS) Emmanuel Nnamani, made this known yesterday, while addressing newsmen on the planned launch of the Geographic Information System which is part of the government’ efforts to automate the land use charge payment and management.

Nnamani, said there was a total of 800,000 property across the state, adding that the money raised would be utilised by the government in delivering good governance to the people.

He noted that the government had been using a manual process where it generated demand notices and delivered to homes using agents and this according to him, affected the revenue coming from that sector.

“Commercial bodies and banks were the only ones who were paying the land use charge when we came in,” he said.

“Now, we want to scale up, we already have identifiable head counts programmed into the GIS which will generate demand notice automatically and identify each property that has paid it’s land use charge,”

He maintained that the introduction of the GIS was part of Mbah’s campaign promise of disruptive innovation, adding that the system would also allow residents in the state to identify their property and check if payments made is reflected.

While urging residents of the State to comply with the payment to avoid having their property sealed, he noted that the charge, which covers residential, commercial and industrial property, will vary depending on the value of land and location.