Joint Tax Board: MVAA To Review Number Plates, Drivers Licence Rates

JOINT TAX BOARD REVIEWS NUMBER PLATES, DRIVERS LICENCE RATES – MVAA

The General Manager, Motor Vehicle Administration Agency (MVAA), Mrs. Lape Kilanko, has announced the revised rates for the sale of vehicle number plates and drivers’ licences as approved by the Joint Tax Board (JTB).

Mrs. Kilanko said the approval was conveyed in a letter issued by the Joint Tax Board, dated 30th July 2021, and addressed to Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu.

According to her, the letter implored all State Boards of Internal Revenue to ensure strict adherence to the approved rates for uniformity in the administration of road taxes in Nigeria.

While noting that the Board also approved Thursday, 1st August 2021, as the commencement date for implementation of the revised rates, Kilanko informed that the new rates for Standard Private Number Plates and Standard Commercial Number Plates amongst others is now N18,750 while Drivers Licence for three years and five years will cost N10,350 and N15,450 respectively.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Government, through the Office of the Auditor-General for Local Governments, has concluded plans to embark on statewide Projects Inspection and Asset Verification in all the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas in the State.

A statement issued by the Permanent Secretary/Auditor-General for Local Governments, Mrs. Adesumbo Abolarin, said that this year’s exercise will hold between August 9 and August 20, 2021, with specific attention to projects undertaken and completed between January and December 2020.

Her words: “To ensure a worthwhile eexercise, Professionally Qualified Engineers in diverse fields from the Ministry of Housing, Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, New Towns Development Authority and LSDPC have been co-opted to strengthen and add value to the Audit teams’ technical competence”.

While reminding the LG/LCDAs that the outcome of the inspection exercise will be published and widely circulated, Abolarin enjoined those in authority to cooperate maximally with the Inspection Team towards timely completion of the task.