The Ondo State Government has officially inaugurated the Residency Cards, otherwise known asKaadi Igbeayo, on Thursday in Akure, the state capital.
Launching the card at the Adegbemile Hall, Akure, the state Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko disclosed that the card would enable the residents of the state to access and benefit government facilities as well as generate revenue for the state.
According to him, the Residency Card was created to facilitate the identification of all residents of the state so as to deliver to them directly, the inherent social and welfare programmes contained in his 12-point programme.
He said, “You would recall that at the inception of this administration in 2009, a 12-point programme tagged, ‘A Caring Heart’, was rolled out as a guiding paradigm of our people-oriented administration.
This underlying philosophy formed the platform for our mission to mobilise the people of Ondo State to harness all God-given resources, create and use wealth for the collective fulfilment, individual happiness and peaceful co-habitation in an environment of transparent and honest leadership.
”The governor also revealed that a new agency, the Ondo State Civic Data Centre, was set up as the coordinating hub for the operation and management of the card as well as other ancillary activities to the people of the state.
The CDC has its headquarters in Akure and branches all the 18 local government areas of the state.
On the significance of the project to the well-being of the people of the state, Mimiko explained, “It is a smartcard that will serve as an interface between the state government and all residents.
It is the instrument of access to all Democratic dividends of the present administration.”He stated further that the card would also serve as a means to boost the Internally Generated Revenue for the state, as it would be used to detect tax evaders in the state.
He declared anybody detected by the computer, through the Residency Card, of not paying his or her income tax would not benefit anything from the government.
He also announced that those who could not freely register for the card during the registration period would later pay N2,000 to obtain the card as from September 1.
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