The Lagos State Government Wharf Landing Fee Collecting Authority has announced that it has approached the State Assembly
Says it will stop illegal collections on roads
The Wharf Landing Fees Law No. 5 of 2009 was introduced during the regime of Babatunde Fashola to empower the Lagos State Government to collect various sums of money as fees from goods that land at the ports in Apapa and Tin Can Island. He, however, lamented that after 13 years of collection, the funds are no longer adequate and there is a need for an increase.
“So, definitely, we need to review the collection, so that the local government receiving N5million can collect N15million or N20million, with this, there would be no illegal collections on the road,” he said “But more importantly, our mandate is to collect the wharf landing fee, and we believe that with this rapport with the IMAN, we would reduce the leakages. As of today, I believe we are not collecting more than 20 per cent of what we should be collecting
Adebayo said the agency is now making efforts to digitalise the collection of the wharf landing fee, such that its collecting staff would no longer be seen chasing vehicles on port access roads.
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