A new face of technology-driven Policing may have surfaced in
Anambra State led by Governor Willie Obiano as the government has automated its
vehicle licenses process, reports DigitalSENSE
Business News.
This, DigitalSENSE
Business News also gathered from odogwuemekaodogwu.com was being carried out through the Anambra State Motor Vehicle Administration
System (AMVAS) in conjunction with Messrs Oliswarren Associates Limited; a
renowned electronic solutions provider and MVA Consultants to the State to
complement the already existing AUTOREG, a web based business solution experts.
Announcing this in a press statement made available to
newsmen, Messrs Oliswarren Associates Limited and AMVAS partnership made
available to odogwuemekaodogwu.com quotes the Group Managing Director of
Oliswarren Associates Limited, Mr. Olisa Aniunoh, as saying that the deadline
for the verification exercise for all motorists to cross check whether their
plate numbers and documents are fake or authentic is June 16th, 2014.
He appealed to all motorists in Anambra state to go to the
nearest vehicle licensing office for verification of whatever license, plate
numbers and vehicle documents they have as the AMVAS AND AUTOREG are committed
to flush out all fake licenses, plate numbers and documents issued by touts. He
announced three banks as partners including First Bank, Fidelity Bank and
United Bank for Africa (UBA).
Full scale enforcement, it was gathered takes off after the 16th June window of
opportunity for verification, adding that anyone motorist with fake
documentation in the state will face the music as the Obiano administration
will not tolerate such. He said Chief Willie Obiano’s administration has
already being fully digitized between him and his cabinet and he is committed
transforming the state into full automated state.
He said that the Anambra State Government, in its drive to employ
automation in enhancing revenue collection in the State, has launched the
Anambra Motor Vehicle Administration System (AMVAS) automation solution, to
complement the already existing Autoreg, in conjunction with Messrs Oliswarren
Associates Limited – a renowned electronic solutions provider and MVA
Consultants to the State.
AMVAS is a unique platform that automates all facets of
motor vehicle documentation with a special module for electronic management of
plate number.
Issuances and administrative module to enable the State
Internal Revenue Service monitor every transaction in all motor licensing
offices in the State and generate specific reports. AMVAS is the only one of
its kind in the Country.
Anambra has already joined the league of more than 20 other
States, in Nigeria that have automated their motor vehicle documentation using
Autoreg.
The Autoreg/AMVAS solution, he said, will automate all motor
vehicle documentations to generate more revenue from the State by plugging
illegal income inherent in the subsisting manual vehicle documentation,
sanitize the vehicle documentation processes and also build a comprehensive
database for the State Government to aid planning and aid in the quick recovery
of stolen vehicles.
Aniunoh expressed his
delight that Anambra State has now tuned into the digital age and that, with
the full support he is getting from the chief IT advocate and Executive
Governor of the State, Chief Willie Obiano, the Deputy Governor Dr. Nkem Okeke,
the Executive Chairman Anambra State Internal Revenue Service, the S.A IGR, the
Commissioner of Transport and other IGR members, a huge success will be
recorded in the scheme.
Mr. Aniunoh specially acknowledged the role of their strategic
technical partners, Courteville Business Solutions Plc, who he fondly referred
to as ‘our special friend and big brother’ for their wonderful support.
He added that in the South-East Anambra and Abia states are
the flagships in automation of vehicle documentation, making it impossible for
fraudsters to deprive the state government of revenue.
He cautioned those criminal elements, who embark on
producing fake documents and number plates that their days are numbered, as a
special task force comprising of; the Nigeria Police, FRSC, SSS, VIO and State
Traffic Agencies will be constituted to commence strict enforcement soon.
He implored on all vehicle owners to quickly go and renew
their vehicle documents, at any Motor Licensing Office in the State where AMVAS/AUTOREG
is present so that they can get genuine documents and plates at official prices
as verification of all motor vehicle documents, especially number plates, will
soon commence in order to sanitize the entire motor vehicle administration
system in the State.
On his part, Mr. Aniunoh’s associate and Deputy Group
Managing Director, Mr. Marcel Manafa said that Anambra State is embarking on an
IT revolution and joked that, ‘‘as Chief Willie Obiano will say, ‘you ain’t
seen nothing yet’ because nnekwu nmawu na aputa (the big masquerade will soon
come out). Willie is working’.
Manafa said the full automation will assist enhance
transparency and accountability since it is all online real time solution that
enables transaction seen instantly and
that the platform is configured with all approved government/Joint Tax Board
tariffs only and is flexible.
The DGMD said it
will eliminate cash movement which gives room for fraud and decentralize
vehicle number plates to avert scarcity and diversion as well grant effective
monitoring of all licensing offices’ transactions and performances and enables
remote authentication of vehicle documents.
He further said the process will eliminate menace of touts ,
non uniformity in licensing , counterfeiting , unreliability of information and
leakages and serve as crime control measure adding that it would leverage more
on government revenue for development.
The prizes he said are displayed in all the partnering banks
and all the licensing offices in the state as well as in fliers for public
information, concluded
Additional reports from Odogwuemekaodogwu.com.
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Pix: l reports from Odogwuemekaodogwu.com.
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