By Kamsi Anayo
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra state, has targeted N4 billion monthly revenue from traders in the state.
Dr. Christian Madubuko, Executive Director of Anambra Internal Revenue Services (AIRS) led a team of its officials to three major markets in Onitsha, the commercial hub of the state on Friday to woo traders’ cooperation to achieve the objective.
He said that the Sensitization was aimed at motivating traders who have not paid their government development levy to comply immediately.
According to him, AIRS officials would visit all the markets across the state on revenue drive, while urging the traders not to pay cash to anybody.
“The money should be paid into the state government accounts directly through its official Point of Sale (PoS) machines to stop leakages.
” Our mission here today is to sensitize the people about payment of government development levy in the Market. Some have paid while some have not complied.
“We are giving those who have not paid up till tomorrow to comply, otherwise by Saturday morning, it will going to be hot” he declared.
Madubuko however disclosed that the amount payable for the levy is ₦12,200 annually but under review, pointing out that government targets not less than ₦4billion monthly from traders for the development levy.
” So far, people are complying but they need to do more and that is why we are going round the Markets to inform them”
Meanwhile, he said that he had visited some Markets in Onitsha which included; International textile Market Onitsha popularly known as Ogbo-abada, Drug Market, Onitsha and Ogbaru Main Market.
He noted that the exercise is a continuous process.
Commenting, the President-General of Ogbaru Main Market, Mr Ndubuisi Ochiogu said that he was impressed with the presence of the Revenue Director in the market, noting that his presence has vindicated what he had been telling traders to pay their government revenue on time.
” Traders have now believed what I have been telling them. Although, those who have paid their own revenue in my market is greater than those who have not complied. So, I am still urging the remaining ones who have not paid to do that immediately,” he said.
