Non-governmental organisation, United Global Resolve For Peace (UGRFP)

has petitioned President Buhari and the Federal Ministry of Justice

over illegal charges Nigerians pay for the running of the Treasury

Single Account (TSA) by the Office of the Accountant General of the

Federation (OAGF).

The group, in a letter dated 3, June, 2019 urged the President to call

for the urgent and immediate review of the TSA charges by ensuring

that no political appointee has the enormous power to arbitrarily

charge or impose tariffs on Nigerians and also urged government to

live up to its responsibility and honor the agreement made with

Systemspecs LTD and fully pay the money owed to the firm.

Speaking with The Guardian yesterday in Abuja, Executive Director,

Shalom Olaseni, said they received complaints from some Nigerians that

the platform on which the TSA is being run, REMITA, is ripping them of

their hard earned money through the bogus service charge that was

imposed on the payers by the OAGF, which the payers were forced to

pay. He added that they have made several applications pursuant to the

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the CBN who directed applications

to the OAGF and asked that we proceed with our follow-up there.

Olaseni said though TSA is an effective tool, designed to curb corrupt

practices, making the payers into the TSA bear the burden of paying a

service charge is however very unsavoury. (The Guardian)

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