Abuja, Nigeria – Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) don kpo Xpress Payment Solutions Limited as one of dem collecting agents for di Treasury Single Account (TSA) framework. Dis means say taxpayers wey dey use di FIRS TaxPro Max portal fit now choose Xpress Payments as their preferred channel to remit taxes to di Federal Government. You fit run your payment through XpressPay, wey be dem online gateway, or go bank branch through di e-Cashier platform, sharp sharp!
Dis new appointment no be small matter as e dey cover major statutory payments like Company Income Tax (CIT), Value Added Tax (VAT), and Withholding Tax (WHT). E just dey show say FIRS dey serious about digital tax administration. E get other two major innovations wey don enter dis digital waka before. One na di e-Tranzact International Plc wey dey serve as tech backbone for FIRS e-invoicing and invoice authentication. Di second one na Remita wey don dey collect funds since 2012, so no be say dem don scatter wetin dey work already.
Xpress Payments’ Acting Managing Director, Wale Olayisade, don confirm say dem don set beta infrastructure wey go fit carry di load of federal tax collections. Wale talk say na online and in-person payments dey available, so users fit enjoy di flexibility. Dis company, wey start since 2016, don dey provide solution for all dis payment wahala, and dem dey licensed as Payment Terminal Service Provider (PTSP). Na jolly good news for taxpayers wey wan explore different payment options. Dem no go just dey depend on Remita alone again!
But wait o, e no take long before former Vice President Atiku Abubakar kanyan dem, him don talk say dis appointment na bad move wey fit bring wahala for Nigerians. According to Atiku, di appointment of Xpress Payments get the wahala of “state capture” wey fit make people feel say government dey sell dem own to private interest. He talk say dis kind appointment no dey pass for people to see and say e fit create “private toll gates” around public funds. No be wetin dem dey expect from leaders wey suppose protect di citizens.
Atiku come drop some questions wey no go allow matter rest. Why e be say dis appointment rush? Wetin Xpress Payments fit provide wey others no fit do? Na who dey benefit for all dis? E come dey show like say dem wan use dis choose few over di many wey dey suffer. Na beta time we suppose dey pursue transparency and accountability, not “Lagos-style” revenue cartel methods. As wahala dey ground for security matter, e no make sense to dey do economic governance like say all na market wahala.
In case you dey ask wetin go happen next, Atiku don call for immediate suspension of di Xpress Payments appointment pending public inquiry, plus plenty other things wey go fit check di wahala wey don start. E go good make di government shine dia eyes and ensure say public funds no dey treated like rewards for loyalty. Na wetin dey ground now as all eyes dey on dem.
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