Rotimi Agboluaje
The Oyo state government has warned that it will not tolerate any individual, group, investor or organization, which engages in, acts of sabotage against its Internal Generated Revenue (IGR) drive, saying that whoever conspires to defraud the state government would be made to face the full wrath of the law.
Governor Abiola Ajimobi pronounced this warning through his Special Adviser, Solid Minerals, Hon. Mathew Oyedokun, during a meeting with major stakeholders of mining industries to resolve the revenue collection dispute with quarries in the state at the Conference Hall, Office of the Head of Service, Secretariat, Ibadan recently.
In his own remarks, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Security, ACP Gafar Arowolo (Rtd) stated that adequate security measures have been put in place to start the put into effect revenue payments to government coffers, advising that all major stakeholders in the state should obey the law of the land as anybody found guilty will be prosecuted.
Speaking at the occasion, the Special Adviser to governor on Internal Generated Revenue, Mr.Biyi Oloko, explained that the sensitization program was very essential in order to educate and enlighten the people on the importance of regular payment of tax.
He said: “there are many benefits in paying tax which include provision of infrastructure, good water supply, provision of health care facilities, good education among others. Regular payment of tax would make the government fulfill its electoral promises to the people.”
