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Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by erunz(m): 2:44pm On Nov 16, 2015
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo­dele Fayose, has challenged the Federal Government to unmask the owners of REMITA, a consultancy company which allegedly collected N25 billion fee in a day for transferring N2.5 trillion to the Treasury Single Account (TSA) on behalf of the government.

The governor said on Sunday that he would not attend the meeting called by the Federal Government with state governors on the TSA because his administration is not interested in the TSA policy, describing it as fraud against Nigerians by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government.

In a press statement issued on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and the New Media, Mr. Lere Olayinka, the governor asked the Federal Government to rather "remove the veil on the face of REMITA so that Nigerians can know the real owners through whom the All Progressives Congress (APC) is siphoning Nigeria's money to fund Kogi and Bayelsa states' governorship elections."

He continued: "From all intent and purposes, this TSA policy is aimed at recouping money spent on the last general elections by the APC, as well as raise money for future elections, especially the Kogi and Bayelsa states' gubernatorial polls.

"It is also meant to enrich some individuals for doing virtually nothing and that can be seen from the discovery of N25 billion that already accrued to just a single company in one day!

"How can the Federal Government justify a transaction in which a single company gets one per cent, amounting to N25 billion in one day?
"In this economic situation that Nigeria is, shouldn't the one per cent commission have been negotiated downward to like 0.1 per cent which would have reduced the N25 billion to N2.5 bil­lion?

"Even manufacturing compa­nies, with thousands of employees don't make N25 billion profit in a month. Therefore, what Nige­rians are expecting from the Federal Government is explanation on the alleged N25 billion scam already associated with the operation of the TSA, instead of calling state governors to a meeting that is aimed at imposing the TSA policy on the states," he said.

Fayose, who insisted that he would not attend the Federal Gov­ernment's meeting with the gov­ernors on the TSA, said that the Federal Government cannot force its policies on states that are federating units in the Nigerian Federation.

According to him, "Ekiti State is entitled to its own policies and it is not under any obligation to accept the Federal Government policies, especially the TSA that is already robed in the garment of fraud.

"I therefore wish to state cat­egorically that Ekiti State is not interested in the TSA policy and since the state is not interested, I, as the custodian of the popular mandate of the entire people of the state will not attend any meeting called by the Federal Government on the TSA," he said.

System Specs speaks on TSA

Meanwhile, System Specs, the company that owns Remita, the e-payment and e-collection software used by the Federal Government to implement payments into the Treasury Single Account (TSA), has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on the controversy surrounding the 1% processing fee charged on inflow into the TSA.

The company in the letter dismissed allegations of wrongdoing, explaining that it was contracted by government in 2011, when President Goodluck Jonathan was still in office, whilst Emir Lamido Sanusi was Governor of the Cen­tral Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The company further dismissed allegations made against it by Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) that the firm was making about N25 bn daily as commission, saying it made about N3 billion from the 1% processing fee as its share since the implementation of the project.

System Specs said it actually shared the processing fee with banks affected by the implemen­tation of the TSA and the CBN in ratios of .5 %, .4% and .1%, respectively.
The CBN under current Governor Godwin Emefiele, in August directed the company to refund monies deducted as professing fees when it discovered that over N8 billion was collected.

The letter to the President dated November 6, 2015 and signed by the Managing Director of System Specs, Mr. John Obaro, reads in part: "Your Excellency, we are aware that you must have heard series of reports around the 1% processing fees chargeable on e-Collections of Government receipts. We will like to provide some back­ground on these issues, sir.

"System Specs was engaged to provide the Payment Gateway for TSA in 2011. While the payment leg of TSA commenced in January 2012, the collection component did not start as scheduled due to the resistance from a number of quarters and the absence of the po­litical will to push this through.

"In 2013, CBN and OAGF setup a multi-stakeholder implemen­tation committee and organised a joint seminar with key stakehold­ers, including banks, to agree formalities for commencement of e-collection.

"The Banks proposed a fee of 5% to compensate for the fact that they would no longer keep float.
"The implementation committee however recommended 2.5% after negotiations with the banks.

"The then AGF later approved 1% as processing fee, which was in turn communicated to all the stakeholders through CBN in December 2013. Subsequently, we executed a contract with CBN and other stakeholders involved on the provision of services to sup­port TSA.

"Based on the increased scope of the TSA project, following your directive in August 2015 for all MDAs to join the scheme, we had highlighted the need for a stakeholder meeting to discuss the TSA e-collection fees. This was communicated to both CBN and OAGF.

"Instead of an invitation for a stakeholders meeting as requested, we received a directive from the CBN Governor to refund all TSA e-collection fees earned to date and to suspend all charges on the platform.
"System Specs has since complied fully with this directive and refunded all monies earned to date to CBN. This we did in good faith and without prejudice to avoid distractions that could becloud the bigger potential of the TSA project for our country.

"While we await clarification from OAGF/CBN on the way forward, we have since suspended all TSA e-Collection fees on the platform. This means that none of the TSA collection parties/channels are earning any fees for providing services to Government.

"This position is however not sustainable as the collection partner banks are threatening to suspend FGN TSA collections. This would clearly be playing into the hands of those who do not wish this initiative to succeed.

"We understand the strategic importance of the TSA project to this administration and the country at large. We have demonstrated good faith and continued commitment to the project in the last four years to deliver on our mandate.

"We will continue to do all within our power to bring the project to full term.
"Your Excellency, we would appreciate your kind and urgent intervention to ensure a speedy resolution of this matter before the banks stop collections."

http://authorityngr.com/2015/11/Fayose-to-FG--Tell-Nigerians-owners-of-REMITA/

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by Olumayor1(m): 2:44pm On Nov 16, 2015
Following................... space booked

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by dammytosh: 2:46pm On Nov 16, 2015
REMITA is an ePayment and Collections system owned by system specs. REMITA is from REMITTANCE not from any REMI ati TAJU acronym pdp is spreading via their poor e-warriors.

Collecting agreed 1% of transactions done on an electronic platform is in order and should not make PDP run mad all of a sudden.

The problem with PDP is that they just don't know when to stop.

What f00lish question is Fayose asking from a company engaged by Jonathan and his team as far back as 2011.

PDP is obviously running out of dubious funds. The TSA they did not allow GEJ implement is now stopping them from stealing.

all the REMI and TAJU acronymns are simply nonsense to derail what is going on.



Meanwhile, System Specs, the company that owns Remita, the e-payment and e-collection software used by the Federal Government to implement payments into the Treasury Single Account (TSA), has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on the controversy surrounding the 1% processing fee charged on inflow into the TSA.
The company in the letter dismissed allegations of wrongdoing, explaining that it was contracted by government in 2011, when President Goodluck Jonathan was still in office, whilst Emir Lamido Sanusi was Governor of the Cen­tral Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The company further dismissed allegations made against it by Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) that the firm was making about N25 bn daily as commission, saying it made about N3 billion from the 1% processing fee as its share since the implementation of the project.
System Specs said it actually shared the processing fee with banks affected by the implemen­tation of the TSA and the CBN in ratios of .5 %, .4% and .1%, respectively.

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by Ufranklin92(m): 2:47pm On Nov 16, 2015
fayo fayo my man,take it easy with the dullard

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by Highcuerayte: 2:50pm On Nov 16, 2015
Sorry Lalasticlala i had to book this space.
Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by rexmozee0167(m): 2:56pm On Nov 16, 2015
Fayose! bone on the neck of Buhari

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by kingofdemons: 3:01pm On Nov 16, 2015
grin
bullharry is a fraudulent bastard - Remi Tinubu grin

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by banki(m): 3:02pm On Nov 16, 2015
Wow Nigerians already know the owners of system spec!

Fayose na so you talk nonsense and Nigerians voted out pdp don't you learn

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by ziccoit: 3:03pm On Nov 16, 2015
There is always numerous evidence to prove you collect money for the government, where the problem arises is whether the same money collected is properly remitted to the government cover and how it's spent. With TSA, the money you claim to have been collected for the government would have to be properly remitted nilly willy. There would be no more cool money in one strange account, unknown to the public, that the state governors and president could use at will without appropriation. Corrupt elements among the leaders would now be easy to trace. How money is spent is now going to be more open as the fingers would be pointed at the person at the helm of affairs.

Fayose only trying hard to have reasons not to implement the policy in his state for fear of being more transparent and open in spending. TSA is like opening the Yansh of government finance to the public which the corrupt leaders don't like. I hope there is a law CBN could use to force the policy on all states of federation. Corruption at all level must be reduced to the minimum.

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by Aromas: 3:04pm On Nov 16, 2015
Some go still against Fayose 4 saying dis Yet They know noting about REMITA

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by Nobody: 3:05pm On Nov 16, 2015
Seriously,who owns REMITA? Is it Remi Tinubu Ahmed? Well,I won't be surprised if it belongs to one Tinubu Bola Ahmed.

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by chopido(m): 3:10pm On Nov 16, 2015
rexmozee0167:
Fayose! bone on the neck of Buhari
no be small bone ok.. But joke aside y are we paying this company such amount ?? What does it take to transfer this money as one account that will warrant such profit.. I tire

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by egbaguy: 3:14pm On Nov 16, 2015
Fayose vs olisah mettuh......both competing to be the 'most useless individual'

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by vedaxcool(m): 3:18pm On Nov 16, 2015
egbaguy:
Fayose vs olisah mettuh......both competing to be the 'most useless individual'

lmao grin grin grin grin this one nah one blow seven die

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by yahrant140(m): 3:19pm On Nov 16, 2015
Has anyone heard that before REMITA and the new TSA regime, some banks were pocketing as high as 46% of all government revenue that passed through them?
Has anyone heard that before now, the lowest commission charged by banks and other collection agents was 2.5%?
Has anyone heard that even after charging this high commission, these banks, keep the money and then lend back to government at an interest rate of 15%?
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/193213-full-details-of-tsa-dino-melaye-misled-nigerian-senate-on-n25-billion-claim.html

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by hinwazaka: 3:21pm On Nov 16, 2015
Don't mind the APC. Imagine trying to point the finger at GEJ, when it is the same Christopher Kolade that started to insult the past administration, that heads the company. NOI slowed down the implementation of the TSA when she discovered wolves like SystemSpecs trying to hijack the policy. But these same nefarious characters noticed this and so funnelled huge capital into the rigging activities that saw these thief called Buhari, into office. The next few years will expose the APC and the Ole President as nothing but fraudsters and shameless thieves. Rubbish bast@rd ediots.

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by hinwazaka: 3:22pm On Nov 16, 2015
egbaguy:
Fayose vs olisah mettuh......both competing to be the 'most useless individual'
Your father is the undisputed champion of this award

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by dammytosh: 3:23pm On Nov 16, 2015
Omotolu:
Seriously,who owns REMITA? Is it Remi Tinubu Ahmed? Well,I won't be surprised if it belongs to one Tinubu Bola Ahmed.

REMITA is from REMITTANCE. It is an e-Payment and Collections system.

It is just an application name and it is owned by System Specs

They have been contracted by GEJ in 2011.

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by yahrant140(m): 3:23pm On Nov 16, 2015
chopido:
no be small bone ok.. But joke aside y are we paying this company such amount ?? What does it take to transfer this money as one account that will warrant such profit.. I tire

I agree the end figure is huge. But would anyone have complained if the company was making a loss on the deal? Do you guys know how much was spent on BVN registration by a German company that was purchased for just a dollar after going bankrupt? How much did INEC pay Leo Stan for the biometric registration of voters that did not work well at the end of the day. What is your angle that the system is not adding value? Are you aware Interswitch wanted 5% for the same project? Are you aware that some other companies wanted 2.5%? What we should do is be nice about it and tell this company to agree to renegotiate which I am sure they will be will to do. But calling them names like thieves and fraudulent is something i stand strongly against. They have aded value

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by dammytosh: 3:25pm On Nov 16, 2015
Aromas:
Some fools go still against Fayose 4 saying dis Yet They know noting about REMITA

While some f00ls will just take what Fayose said gullibly without any research to know what REMITA is all about.

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by lasisi69(f): 3:25pm On Nov 16, 2015
End time
Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by FOLYKAZE(m): 3:26pm On Nov 16, 2015

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by Seunaj05(m): 3:26pm On Nov 16, 2015
As usual, I am confident that our ever ready Ayodele Fayose will not disappoint Nigerians as he will soon give us another detailed analysis. I am not expecting FG to keep quiet on dat allegation because it's too expository and enlightening. Fayose is always more than ready for my liking

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by malton: 3:26pm On Nov 16, 2015
undecided on the one hand, he's making sense...on the other, he's spewing gibberish!

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by ultrazone(m): 3:27pm On Nov 16, 2015
Ok
Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by SuPeRq(f): 3:27pm On Nov 16, 2015
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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by Opinedecandid(m): 3:28pm On Nov 16, 2015
Ahhhh.

APC led Federal Govt. will rise to the occasion and explain this away.

Lai Mohammed will hit the air waves any moment from now to offer incogent explanations.

Even some blind APC sympathisers here on Nairaland will equally swing into action to offer unsolicited, lame and unconvincing responses.

They are always ready to protect the unprotectable and defend the undefendable.

Buhari/APC is no saint, afterall!

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by iameugene(m): 3:28pm On Nov 16, 2015
The guy below me will leave grin
Then the one after him will insult fayose
#IAmAPsychic

Like if i am correct tongue

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by benedictnsi(m): 3:28pm On Nov 16, 2015
how did I find may way here

**leaves
Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by larryb12: 3:28pm On Nov 16, 2015
This Fayose is a big nuisance. Why can't he just calm down to learn the dynamics of TSA instead of exhibiting high level of ignorance. Stupid man

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by OnReflection: 3:28pm On Nov 16, 2015
Why couldn't garrulous Fayose simply look up this information himself?

Remita boss, Obaro writes Buhari, explains all about TSA contract



The company that handled the refund of Federal Government funds in commercial banks to the Central Bank of Nigeria, System Specs, said it was not the only one that benefited from the revenue that accrued from the exercise.

Systems Specs said the CBN and the banks from which the funds were moved also shared in the proceeds.

System Specs owns Remita, the e-payment and e-collection software used for the implementation of payments into the Treasury Single Account.

TSA, the movement of Federal Government funds into the CBN was directed by President Muhammadu Buhari on assumption of office.

System Specs, in a letter to the President, signed by its Managing Director, John Obaro, said the contract for the refund of the money by the commercial banks to the CBN was signed in 2011.

Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, endorsed the contract while the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was then the Governor of the CBN.

System Specs, in the letter to Buhari, said the N25 billion profit it was alleged to have made from the 1 per cent processing fee approved for it was actually shared by the company, the CBN and banks involved in the refund of the money.

It said based on an agreement, the processing fee was shared among itself, the affected banks and the CBN in ratios of .5 %, .4% and .1% respectively.

It said instead of the N8 billion, which the incumbent Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emiefile, said got to it, the company only received N3 billion.

The letter by Obaro to Buhari reads further: “Your Excellency, we are aware that you must have heard series of reports around the 1% processing fees chargeable on e-Collections of Government receipts. We will like to provide some background on these issues sir.

“System Specs was engaged to provide the Payment Gateway for TSA in 2011. While the payment leg of TSA commenced in January 2012, the collection component did not start as scheduled due to the resistance from a number of quarters and the absence of the political will to push this through.


“In 2013, CBN and OAGF setup a multi-stakeholder implementation committee and organised a joint seminar with key stakeholders, including banks, to agree formalities for commencement of e-collection.

“The Banks proposed a fee of 5% to compensate for the fact that they would no longer keep float.

“The implementation committee however recommended 2.5% after negotiation with the banks.

“The then AGF later approved 1% as processing fee, which was in turn communicated to all the stakeholders through CBN in December 2013. Subsequently, we executed a contract with CBN and other stakeholders involved on the provision of services to support TSA.

“Based on the increased scope of the TSA project, following your directive in August 2015 for all MDAs to join the scheme, we had highlighted the need for a stakeholder meeting to discuss the TSA e-collection fees. This was communicated to both CBN and OAGF.

“Instead of an invitation for a stakeholders meeting as requested, we received a directive from the CBN Governor to refund all TSA e-collection fees earned to date and to suspend all charges on the platform.

“System Specs has since complied fully with this directive and refunded all monies earned to date to CBN. This we did in good faith and without prejudice to avoid distractions that could becloud the bigger potential of the TSA project for our country.

“While we await clarification from OAGF/CBN on the way forward, we have since suspended all TSA e collection fees on the platform. This means that none of the TSA collection parties/channels are earning any fees for providing services to Government.

“This position is however not sustainable as the collection partner banks are threatening to suspend FGN TSA collections. This would clearly be playing into the hands of those who do not wish this initiative to succeed.

“We understand the strategic importance of the TSA project to this administration and the country at large. We have demonstrated good faith and continued commitment to the project in the last four years to deliver on our mandate.

“We will continue to do all within our power to bring the project to full term.

“Your Excellency, we would appreciate your kind and urgent intervention to ensure a speedy resolution of this matter before the banks stop collections.”

Source: http://dailypost.ng/2015/11/16/remita-boss-obaro-writes-buhari-explains-all-about-tsa-contract/

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Re: Fayose To FG: Tell Nigerians Owners Of REMITA by ofofoCEO(f): 3:28pm On Nov 16, 2015
Mouth action governor is at it again

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