By Tony Okafor, Awka
The Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has sacked two revenue officers who allegedly molested motorists .
The Chairman of Anambra Internal Revenue Services, Dr Greg Ezeilo, stated this on Monday.
He said, “The two staff members that molested the motorists have been dismissed from the establishment because of the show of overzealousness and conduct that is against the image and reputation of the Anambra state government”
“We have also had a similar situation where a shuttle bus driver experienced the same treatment and we had to come and take necessary actions because the administration of Gov Charles Soludo has zero tolerance for that kind of behaviour ”
As a consequence , termination fever has gripped officials of the Anambra Internal Revenue Services (AIRS) as more heads may roll
The authorities of AIRS have set up a surveillance team to monitor the activities of revenue collectors in the establishment.
The team is made up of 21 members with each Senatorial District having a member team operating secretly without uniforms.
Ezeilo further explained that the current uniform of the Unified Hybrid Enforcement Team (UBET) would be changed to another colour which would be costly for fake operators to obtain.
He noted that the new uniforms would have digitally certified numbers in order to fight against fake revenue agents.
Meanwhile, Soludo has directed that from Tuesday, September 5,2023, nobody should be fined more than N5,000 for traffic offences.
Soludo stated this while speaking during an interactive session with Ndi Anambra on the Anambra Broadcasting Service( ABS).
Our correspondent gathered that before this pronouncement, traffic offenders in state were fined up N50,000.
