By Auwal Mohammed
Gombe (Nigeria) — The Chief Registrar of Gombe State Judiciary in northeast Nigeria, Auwal Haruna has warned court registrars and their assistants on the need to remit of all revenues raised by their courts to the state coffers.
The Chief Register issued the warning in a chat with newsmen in Gombe over the weekend, saying those found guilty of not remitting same will face the consequences of failure to do so.
Mr. Haruna, emphasised that the system will not tolerate negligence on the part of any court that failed to adhere strictly to the order, tasking them to their responsibility of collecting fines charged at the courts, and ensuring that people are not over charged in the court process.
He said the court leadership will soon go round courts in all the 11 LGAs of the state to monitor activities.
In the same vein, Chairman of the State Board of Internal Revenue Service, Adamu Damji, while visiting some Area Courts in the state capital asked them to wake up in remitting what belonged to the government in terms of Revenue generated in their Courts
He said the Board will soon introduce new ways of remitting all the fines collected at the Court directly to the government coffers, saying, POS and other online payment system will be introduced in all the Area and Upper Courts across the state to ease payment of all charges.
He revealed that some courts in the state are not remitting revenues collected, warning that it is now mandatory for them to remit such collections.
The chairman also said the Chief Registrar of the State Judiciary would be granted real time online access to monitor all payment made by the courts, adding that Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo would also monitor real time what is transferred into the state government coffers from all government agencies and ministries.
