The newly-appointed Commissioner for the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission from Ogun State, Akeem Amosun, on Sunday pledged to provide robust ideas to help the commission block leakages in various sectors, parastatals and departments of the government to enhance the revenue profile of the country.
Amosun was screened and cleared as a federal commissioner from Ogun State for the RMAFC on Thursday during the screening exercise carried out by the Senate Committee on National Planning and Economic Affairs and Finance led by its Chairman, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi.
Other members of the committee are Senators Orji Kalu, Seriake Dickson, Ned Nwoko, Osita Izunaso, and Augustine Akobundu, among others.
Our correspondent gathered that it was a case of ‘Take a Bow and Go’ decision unanimously taken by the senators based on the recommendations of the Chairman Senate Committee on ICT and Cybersecurity and Senator representing Ogun Central, ShuaibSalisu, and the physical presence of Senator Olamilekan Adeola, who is the Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriation and Senator representing Ogun West.
Amosun, in a statement on Sunday, while speaking on the value he hopes to add to the commission, said that the centre and the federating units needed more revenue to execute laudable capital and infrastructure projects.
He vowed to use his tenure to drive revenue growth by scouting, identifying and recommending alternative sources of revenue into the Federation Account for sharing among the beneficiaries.
Amosun added, “I will deepen the oversight and monitoring functions of the commission in the areas of revenue generation and mobilisation, provide a robust ideal to block leakages in various sectors and parastatals and departments of government. As Nigeria needs more revenue, I believe my tenure will see to this drive.
“Efficient allocation of pool resources will be seen in an equitable, fair and just manner among the three levels of government, among the 36 states, FCT and 774 local government areas.”
The former House of Representatives aspirant for Abeokuta South Federal Constituency also pledged to renew the push for the country’s federating states to explore and embrace the abundant opportunities in regional economic integration, as possible new revenue lines for each of the six geopolitical zones.
Amosun said the reality on the ground was that no state in the federation could sufficiently exist independently; hence, the intention to make the commission rekindle awareness about the likely immense gains in regional economic integration vision if the nation’s six geopolitical zones looked into the bigger picture of it.
“I intend to bring on board regional economic integration and reawaken it in the six geopolitical zones of the country…no state can sufficiently exist independently, not even Lagos,” he concluded.
