The presidency says the introduction of the Treasury Single
Account (TSA) has reduced corruption in the country by 80-90 percent.
At the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum, Director-General,
Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Dasuki Arabi, said the implementation
was initially difficult for citizens to accept.
The official noted that TSA had impacted positively on the
economy and in the fight against corruption in public services.
“If you are importing goods worth N1 billion and you are not
smuggling them, you must pay duties.
“You can’t pay duties with cash, it must be paid online to
the TSA. I think it has reduced abuses by more than 80 per cent, if not 90 per
cent.”
Arabi recalled there were problems with some agencies at the
early stage because some ran their services based on what they generated.
He confirmed that the government’s digitization process made
it possible to track goods coming into Nigeria.
Citing an instance, Arabi said for any container coming in
from China, the bill of lading and other documents are electronically
transmitted to Nigeria.
The Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Nigeria Customs
Service (NCS), Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) and Shippers Council are involved
in the monitoring, the DG added.
“I am confident that it has reduced corruption by more than
80 to 90 per cent.
“You pay for all your things online. It will be difficult
for anybody to convince you to get one or two kobo out of it, “ he said.
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