The Anambra State government has announced indefinite suspension of tax collection in all 63 markets in the state following alleged diversion of government revenue by some market leaders.
Though revenue diversion was said to have been going on for the past 12 years, it was said to have got to a scandalous level last year during the period of campaigns for the November 2017 governorship election in the state, during which many market leaders had a field day, apparently due to lack of proper supervision.
Shortly after the recent reconstitution of the state executive council by Governor Willie Obiano, the new Commissioner for Trade, Commerce, Markets and Wealth Creation, Dr. Christian Madubuko, apparently acting on a tip off, discovered that many leaders were collecting revenue in the markets and diverting same, thereby denying government one of its major sources of revenue.
Worried by the development, the Commissioner invited the men of the Department of State Service, DSS, who arrested the leader of Uga Market, Mr. Victor Ezeibekwe and brought him to the Ministry to defend himself. The Commissioner said the state government had to suspend revenue collection in all the markets indefinitely to enable it evolve proper ways of ensuring that government revenues were not diverted by those entrusted to assist in shoring up revenue in the state.
from vanguardngr
Corruption in every sector of the society.
ReplyDeleteThis no be new thing again..it's every where but can't compare it to what the governor himself is diverting..though it's good to put the necessary machinery in place to check mate things like this but our leaders should also lead by example
ReplyDeleteMc pinky
Very good...the way this market leaders and Agbero chairmen become rich overnight is questionable. This country is messed up, corruption everywhere.
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