The service charge on all transactions to be paid into treasury single account (TSA) of the federal government will be borne by payers, under the newly-announced model.
This means the payment to enroll for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation (JAMB) exams, to obtain a driver’s licence and other government transactions has increased from November 1.
The new tariff regime was announced at a stakeholders’ sensitisation programme on TSA e-Collection charges which held in Abuja recently.
According to a statement from the office of the accountant general of the federation, organisers of the programme, the old regime led government to incur a two-year debt burden that was to be paid to technology service providers and deposit money banks.
In the new payment structure however, government as recipient will no longer bear the charges on all transactions to the service providers.
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