By Olasunkanmi Akoni ,with agency reports

LAGOS— In an effort to efficiently improve on the processes of revenue generation and collection in the state and ensure proper accountability and transparency in all government accrued revenues, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has approved the operation of a single account in the state effective September 1, 2015.

Akinwunmi Ambode

According to a statement by the Permanent Secretary/Accountant General of the state, Mrs Abimbola Umar, the state government took the decision to address the challenges previously faced with the operation of the multiple accounts system.

Governor Ambode said the operation of a Treasury Single Account (TSA), aside providing transparency and accountability, would also encourage tax payers to request for a single account before making payments.

The development is in line with the objective of the move by the All Progressives Congress, APC, led Federal Government headed by President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that all government revenues are kept in one consolidated account.

In addition, all the affected revenue collecting banks have been mandated to immediately close all the existing multiple revenue accounts domiciled in their banks to give room for a single revenue accounting system in line with the accountability and transparency policy of the current administration.

“With this development, it is expected that all parastatals, local governments and establishments will commence the operation of the TSA on September 1, 2015,” the governor said.

… trains 190 responders for sexual, gender violent crimes

In line with the quest of the Lagos State Government to ensure that victims of sexual and gender based violence have a voice and concerned members of the public who wish to report acts of violence are able to do so with utmost confidentiality, the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, DSVRT, has concluded training for 190 officials of the state emergency command and control centre on how to receive reports of sexual and gender based violence incidents in the state.

Coordinator of DSVRT, Mrs Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, told newsmen, yesterday, that the officials were trained on how to receive reports of sexual and gender based violence.

This came as the state government also approved the use of 112 toll-free emergency lines to report cases of rape, defilement, domestic violence, child abuse, neglect, maltreatment and other sexual assaults, assuring that information provided will be passed across while the concerned agencies will be notified immediately.