An electronic payment expert, Deremi Atanda, has urged Federal Government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to embrace the use of technology, especially the electronic or e-payment platform to collect revenue, arguing that the option provides convenience and improved revenue generation to government.
Atanda, who is also an Executive Director at Systemspecs, lamented that MDAs were still faced with several challenges on how to implement Federal Government’s electronic payment policy, said there are lots of e-payment options now open for MDAs to collect government funds.
Speaking during the technical session of the 2015 E-Government Summit, which had Key to Sustainable Development as its theme in Abuja, he said e-payment collection completes the cycle of revenue collection for the government.
Addressing the topic of how to design and implement electronic payment platform for government revenue collection” Atanda identified six electronic platform options available to MDAs in Nigeria, adding that electronic collection completes the cycle of processing government transaction electronically.
According to him, the six available electronic platform options are “bank branches, internet banking, point of sales, debit and credit cards, mobile wallet, and micro finance banks.”
The benefits of these platforms are immense as, according to him, “these options give government revenue collectors 168 hours instead of 35 hours a week. It increased collection channels at almost zero cost and provides reliable and verifiable data for planning.”
He added that the MDAs, through these options would get “improved service delivery, access to comprehensive and timely reports as well as expanded business opportunities, which would ultimately improve revenue.”
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Kokumo Goodie
Quelle/Source: Biztech Africa, 16.08.2015
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