NUT PROTEST : WIKE WARNS AGAINST POLITICISING INSECURITY. (PHOTO).
NUT Protest : Wike Warns Against Politicising Insecurity The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned against politicising insecurity amid protests by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT wing, over the killing and abduction of school staff and children in Oyo State. Teachers stormed the FCTA Secretariat in Abuja to condemn the killing of Michael Oyedokun and to demand the release of abducted pupils and teachers from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area. The FCT minister addressed the protesters on Tuesday, saying the federal government is on its toes working to secure the rescue of the schoolchildren and their teachers. Wike urged protesters to avoid turning the tragedy into a political issue and to give security efforts time to produce results. Chairman of the union in the FCT, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, explained that the nationwide solidarity protest was to condemn the killing of the teacher and abduction of the school chil...
Today tuesday,the Lagos State Government said it would apply the relevant laws to ensure that more Lagosians voluntarily pay their taxes,just as ir warned that tax evaders and defaulters would be prosecuted.State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice,Mr Adeniji kazeem,who sated this during a press conference held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alaausa Secretariat,said in view of the extreme financial downturn,there was the strong need for government to ramp up its Internally Generated Revenue {IGR},stressing that the state would spaare nothing in enforcing the laws regulating tax payment.He said the administration of Governor Ambode had put in place necessary measures to end the era of tax evasion and indeed avoidance in the state,adding that tax avoiders and evaders would be aggressively pursued in line with the provisions of the law.The Commissioner,who disclosed that the Ministry of Justice had established a Rapid Tax Prosecution Unit to aid the Lagos Internal Revenue Service {LIRS} in its drive to collect taxes,added that the unit would work closely with the Revenue Court which the Chief Judge of Lagos State recently agreed to set up.He said ''Prosecution and jail term for defaulting tax payers will be a tool that we will be actively using to ensure full compliance.Tax officers,i understand,will be very aggressive in their collection of taxes and the public is hereby advised to cooperate with them because obstruction of these tax officers in their lawful duty can and will lead to prosecution.Tax dodhers watch out because the long arm of the law will eventually reach you.All tax payers are also reminded that gining false information is also an offence and can be used in the proscution of your tax default.If you pay your taxes regularly,you will have no problem''.Said Kazeem.More photos below. 
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