Ekiti
State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has urged Nigerians to resist any
attempt to impose new tax on them by the Federal Government.
Fayose in a press release issued in
Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications
and New Media, Lere Olayinka, lamented that the body language of the
President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress is that of who “wants to tax Nigerians to death.”
Wondering why government was always
looking for more avenues for taxes, he asked, “Do they want Nigerians to
pay with their blood.”
“If the only way the federal government
believes it can take Nigeria out of recession is to impose obnoxious
taxes that will further impoverish the people, the federal government is
not being fair to Nigerians.”
“Under 20 months of Buhari’s government,
petrol price was increased from N87 to N145 per litre, kerosene; diesel
and gas prices were increased, electricity tariff was increased, N50
stamp duty was introduced on bank customers, 9% tax for the use of
communication services like calls, SMS, MMS and data usage from
telecommunication service providers; internet service providers and Pay
TV Stations.
“It is also under this APC government
that N65 levy was imposed on every withdrawal on ATM, various bank
charges introduced, custom duties increased, increment of VAT from five
per cent to 10 per cent contemplated, cost of vehicle number plate and
driver’s licence increased, and now cost of internet subscription is to
be increased too.
“Is this government out to tax Nigerians to death?”
While condemning the proposed increment
in the cost of data, Fayose said it was strange that the federal
government came with the idea less than three weeks after the Minister
of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed complained about the damage
being done to the image of the Buhari government by the social media.
Credit: punchng
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