Kuje Area Council has called on residents associations and other associations alike to partner with it in the mobilization of members for effective tenement rate collection.
This call was made by the Council chairman, Hon. Abdullahi Sulieman Sabo, at a stakeholders meeting on the collection of tenement in the Area Council on Tuesday.
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He said that four township roads construction were ongoing and more on the way in collaborations with the FCT representative at the National Assembly.
Sabo said, for the administration to achieve the goal of providing social amenities and services, taxes such as the tenement rate needed to be explored to augment the meager allocation from the federal government.
He stated that the council was quite aware that the times are difficult coupled with the fact that the country’s economy is in recession and the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic but solicited the cooperation of residents to make life better for all.
Sabo promised that as part of incentives to the associations, the council will give them 10 percent and 5 percent for estate/residents and traders respectively as motivation to carry out beneficial projects for members.
Also speaking, Director of administration in Kuje Area Council, Dan Ayuba, said the tenement rate bills were being distributed and payment mode will be through the bank and tellers forwarded to the council for issuance of receipt.
He advised residents not to pay cash to anybody be it revenue officers or technical partners.
In another development, the area council also opened tender documents for pubic private partnership with interested companies for the construction of forest market.
In his opening address, Chairman Tender Board Committee Kuje Area Council, Dan Ayuba, stated that the council’s move was in line with best practices in the country and had placed advertisement in the national dailies for interested bidders.
Ayuba revealed that only one company had so far indicted interest, adding that its documents will be subjected to analysis and scrutiny.
