Ondo Gov targets N6b monthly IGR, engages consultant

In a bid to upscale the revenue of the Sunshine State, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has engaged the services of BBA Consult to increase the state’s monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from N1.7bn monthly to N6bn monthly.

Aiyedatiwa had previously said there were many leakages in the revenue generation and he would engage the Consultant to deploy technology to block the leakages.

In less than 48 hours after his inauguration, Aiyedatiwa signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Consultant on the development and deployment of a secured ICT to enhance state resource planning and management systems towards an increase in revenue generation.

A statement by Ebenezer Adeniyan, Chief Press Secretary to Aiyedatiwa, states that the agreement was aimed at reforming the internally generated revenue profile of the State.

According to the statement, the agreement was on a Build, Operate and Transfer basis.

Governor Aiyedatiwa has also approved the upgrade and conversion of the state owned Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, to a University of Agriculture and Agribusiness.

The institution was initially proposed to be upgraded to the University of Management Science and Technology under the late former Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.

Aiyedatiwa, who announced the conversion of the institution after his inauguration, said the school would be the model for the agric and food security revolution initiative of his administration.

He said a committee would be set up to work out modalities for the implementation of the conversion even as he assured that the new status would not have any negative effects on the current students and staff of the institution.