Board of Internal Revenue Introduces e-ticket In Ebonyi

The Ebonyi State government has announced the introduction of unified e-ticketing of revenue collection from tricycle and commercial motorcycle riders in the state.

The technical consultant IRS and Board of Internal Revenue Service, King Jibe made the disclosure during a press briefing in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state capital. Jibe who noted that the new innovation was in line with the state Executive Council meeting decision to foster security and eliminate revenue leakages in the State explained that e-ticketing is a form of revenue collection using automated system against the popular hand to hand method. He said that the e-ticket profiling of tricycle otherwise known as Keke riders and commercial motorcycle operators, also known as Okada riders started on the first week of November. He enjoined all riders to embrace the new innovation as it would help in reducing crime while eliminating harassment and loss of government revenue . "In streamlining the form of collection of revenue of our dear state, Ebonyi state as approved in EXCO meeting of 8th October,2024 that all the revenues in Ebonyi state has to be automated for proper accountability and avoiding leakages, and so forth. "So, in this direction, we have come with this e-ticketing which is a form of collection of revenue using automated system against the hand to hand method and the purpose is to see that we know the number of genuine Okada and Keke riders in Ebonyi state. "And His Excellency is also interested that all sorts of revenue are streamlined and done seamlessly, also, to make sure that security is fostered especially in this our state, you will agree with me that our Governor , His Excellency, Rt Hon Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru since inception that Ebonyi state has relative being in peace than ever." Jibe stated. The Technical Consultant, Jibe who noted that the staff of Internal Revenue Service are currently in the thirteen Local Government Areas urged the operators to comply with them in ensuring that they are all registered. "In line with this, the e-ticketing will also help to address the issue of security because over time, you will agree with me that some of the crime that are committed is either related to Keke or Okada riders and we want to address this issue in a way that even the riders will have peace. "So, know also that our Governor is a man that is full of compassion and a man that believes in human capital development, and empowerment. Therefore, when this innovation come into this sector, those people that are going to be profiled will be beneficiaries of his budget. "All the staff of Internal Board Revenue are presently in the 13-LGAs including the International market profiling riders, so, the Okada and Keke riders are expected to go there and submit their data for capturing and that will be in our system while they are given a unique code to identify you as a genuine rider in Ebonyi state. So that when enforcement team will begin and you don't have that genuine code, we will identify you either as being a stranger or none genuine rider in the state and that will help us to sanitize the system. "The ticket is going to be digitized, the old way of paying ticket where people will write on paper will no longer be acceptable, there will be an App you can download on your phone where you automatically pay into your account and if you don't have an Android phone can pay through POS or ATM or cash which can be done in updating your status which will be on weekly basis. "What we are doing will not affect any union as they unionism stands, but what we are doing is in line with the directive of the state government. Meanwhile, thesame way we are giving time to pay utility bill and other bills, thesame way will be given to riders before taking action to collect the payment. "So, we as law abiding citizen, we have the state at heart, let's support the government as what we are introducing is in existence in other states.he said.