The Ondo State Government has launched its 2023 joint mobile advert stickers for commercial vehicles in the state.
It was gathered that the new joint mobile stickers system is the product of a mandate by the National Joint Tax Board, based on the Personal Income Tax of 2004, to harmonies all taxes in Nigeria and make payment easy for motorists.
Speaking during the launch, held at the conference room of the ODIRS, Akure, the state capital, the Chairman of Ondo State Internal Revenue Service, Mr Tolu Adegbie, stated that the new and improved mobile advert sticker would be in use from January 1, 2023.
He stated that the introduction of mobile advert sticker will also put an end to unnecessary delay, harassment on road users by vendors because the sticker was designed in a way that it could be verified through the QR code.
He said, “What we have done is in furtherance of the mandate of the Joint Tax Board based on the Personal Income Tax of 2004 which is to harmonies all taxes in Nigeria and make the payment easy for the people.
“Before now, we have always collected mobile adverts, all commercial vehicles in the country were mandated to buy mobile advert stickers, we have about 14 to 15 papers, in some states, they will say their own is even different, that you must buy additional one and mobile advert is on the concurrent list of the approved list of taxes, so, the states will prepare their own papers, local governments will also prepare their own papers, so, we have two sets of papers and that is why you see harassment on the road of road users.
“Now, JTB has intervened to say let’s harmonies to make things easier for Nigerians who are being harassed on the road all the time, they now designed one single sticker which can be verified through the QR code to know which state it was sold to and whether it is genuine or not.”
Adegbie added, “So, the issue of some people stopping you on the road and telling you that the sticker you are carrying is fake doesn’t arise and they also recommended fixed price of N3,500 for the stickers to the public. N500 is for the printing and N3,000 is for the state actors to share among themselves.”
He however noted that the JTB did not dictate to any state how to share its own share of the money.
