The Enugu State Government says it will launch the Enugu Geographic Information Service (ENGIS), to help the state manage its property tax on June 1.
The Executive Chairman, Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS), Mr Emmanuel Nnamani, disclosed this during a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Enugu.
He said the idea was to enable Enugu State to migrate its land use charge using ENGIS that enables both the state and residents of state know about their property and manage property tax.
Nnamani explained that with it, ESIRS could locate people’s houses using the system to find out their payment status.
According to the chairman, people can see their payments online as well as process their Certificates of Occupancy (CofO) using the platform.
“It is part of the disruptive innovation of Gov Peter Mbah and it is coming into effect June 1.
“It allows the state and residents of Enugu to know about their property and manage its taxes.
“You will be able to see your property and ESIRS will also be able to see it with the location using a map or drone. We can send you demand notice and once you pay online, it will update,” he said.
Speaking on inability of some house owners to pay for land use charge, the executive chairman called on them to sell their houses as it was being done in western world if they could not maintain it.
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While regretting that there was no functional mortgage, Nnamani noted that it was not everybody that qualified to live in his or her own house, saying that one could build house under mortgage.
“We need to develop a mortgage in Enugu where people can build their houses, a mortgage whereby every civil servant can own at least a two bedroom apartment in his home town.
“Once your appointment is confirmed, mortgage will start building for you. What you need is where you will live and it is wrong to use pension to build a house. (NAN)
