The Federal Government has announced a new digitisation move to overhaul treasury operations, eliminate paper-based processes and enforce full transparency across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) beginning January 2026.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) sighted by Arbiterz on Monday. According to the agency, the reforms are anchored on four newly issued circulars designed to modernise public finance, block leakages and deter corruption.
Circulars From OAGF
The four circulars form part of a broader national strategy to strengthen fiscal resilience using digital tools.
“The reforms introduce strict cashless collection, a new mandatory e-receipt system (FTeR) beginning January 1, 2026, and full-scale rollout of the Revenue Optimisation (RevOp) Platform — a unified digital ecosystem for monitoring, reconciling and optimising government revenues,” the statement said.
In a circular dated 24 November 2025 and signed by the Accountant-General of the Federation, Dr Shamseldeen B. Ogunjimi, government expressed concern over the continued acceptance of physical cash at MDA transaction centres despite existing TSA and e-payment policies.
“The Federal Government has observed with great concern the continued physical cash collection of government revenues at various transaction centres of MDAs,” the circular stated, describing the practice as a violation of extant rules. it read.
The circular directed that the collection or acceptance of physical cash whether in naira or foreign currencies for all revenues due to the Federal Government is “strictly prohibited”.
E-receipts Become Mandatory January 1
In a separate circular dated 26 November 2025, the OAGF announced the rollout of the Federal Treasury e-Receipt (FTeR) system, which takes full effect from January 1, 2026.
The agency said the FTeR will become the only valid and legally recognised receipt for all federal transactions, replacing paper and manually issued receipts. The transition, it added, represents a major shift in how citizens and businesses pay for government services and how MDAs verify and account for inflows.
The OAGF said the reforms operationalise the Finance Minister’s economic agenda aimed at reducing human discretion, eliminating cash handling, enforcing audit trails and enabling real-time digital monitoring of government revenues.
The initiatives are expected to improve efficiency, strengthen fiscal discipline and enhance revenue mobilisation as Nigeria deepens its transition toward a fully digital public finance architecture.