The Lagos State Government (LASG), on Thursday alerted residents about the activities of some fraudsters now collecting water bills illegally in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, who disclosed this in a statement issued by the government to clarify the controversy surrounding the collection of all water abstraction related revenues, said at no time did it authorise any consultant to collect such revenues on its behalf.The Commissioner maintained that however well-intentioned the association’s recourse to the use of a Consultant in facilitating the payment of government revenue by its members might be, it remained a procedural error, which according to him must be discontinued with immediate effect.
He said, “Consequently, it has become imperative for LASG to clarify that it has not appointed any Consultant to collect revenues on its behalf. Therefore, all water abstraction related revenues should be paid by individual water service providers into the Treasury Single Account (TSA).
“Members of ATWAP and the general public should be apprised of the best wishes and intention of the Governor to continually serve the good people of Lagos State with the highest quality of human, infrastructural, and social capital development in an atmosphere of transparency and accountability, ” he said.
Source: Leadership online
