Don’t Subject Youself to Fraudsters for Revenue Allocation- RMAFC

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has called on the State Government and Local Government Councils in the country not to allow themselves to be deceived by individual or group of people currently going round the States and Local Government Areas of the Country with the claim of being official representatives of the Commission for the collection of data to increase their revenue allocation from the Federation account.

The Chairman of the Commission Engr. Elias Mbam made this plea on Wednesday in Abuja.

Engr Mbam disclosed that the Commission has just concluded a nationwide advocacy and sensitization exercise on data gathering and management which is targeted at advising various stakeholders on the importance of maintaining a functional and reliable data bank for use in the computation of indices for the respective State and Local Governments.

Mbam further stated that, revenue allocation to States and Local Government Areas is based on the revenue Allocation formula which is a product of law and cannot be influenced by any individual or group of interests.

The Chairman therefore advises the States and Local Governments to always confirm from the chairman of the Commission any request for data as the genuine visit and data collection will always be in writing, signed and addressed by the Chairman of the Commission and addressed to respective state governments and relevant authorities in the States.