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Kogi Perm. Secretary Gets Query Over Bread Tax

The Governor debunked the insinuation that the State has introduced bread tax, saying that those behind the purported law would soon be unmasked and punished accordingly.

by The Union Nigeria
November 17, 2020
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Kogi Perm. Secretary Gets Query Over Bread Tax
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Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello Tuesday described the alleged introduction of bread tax in the state by some government officials as evil and unacceptable.

The governor said that he has already ordered the Head of Service to the state to issue queries to those that were responsible, adding that they will face the law accordingly.

Speaking to State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the governor said that Kogi State never locked down over COVID-19 pandemic but its economy was badly hit because all her neighbours; ten states including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja locked down.

The Governor debunked the insinuation that the State has introduced bread tax, saying that those behind the purported law would soon be unmasked and punished accordingly.

Yahaya Bello
Yahaya Bello, Kogi State Governor

According to him, “The incident of bread tax in Kogi State is the most unfortunate infraction that any right-thinking human being would allow to fly. When I assumed office on 27th of January 2016, I inherited a decayed civil service and I embarked on massive reform of the civil service.

“Before now, the civil servants in the state don’t follow the public service rules or the financial regulations. A similar incident happened within this period of COVID-19 where two Permanent Secretaries decided to take the laws into their hands and wrote a letter to worship centres, demanding that fumigation of the worship centres be paid for despite the fact that it was a service that Kogi State rendered free of charge and those Permanent Secretaries have since been dismissed form service.

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“The particular incident of bread tax is being looked into as I speak; we are investigating those that are behind this. It is evil and it is unaccepted, to say the least.

“I have ordered the Head of Service to issue queries to those that are responsible and they will face the law accordingly. This is a State that never locked down over COVID-19 but our economy was badly hit because all our neighbours; ten State including the Federal Capital Territory locked down.

“If I didn’t lock down to subject my people to hardship, why should I because of tax or hardship impose additional hardship on them by paying bread tax? If there is a way, I can even give tax holiday for some of our businesses, I will do that, not to tax bread.

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“So, the Permanent Secretary concerned is facing disciplinary action and we are going to communicate to the world at the end of the day. I never ordered that and I don’t think any senior member of my cabinet will order such.”

The Governor announced that his administration had since launched a post COVID-19 relief package of over N1.56 billion for citizens of the State, to cushion the effects of the pandemic.

He, however, noted that there was no COVID-19 in Kogi, buttressing his earlier stance of the pandemic. He said youth of the State were happy with President Buhari’s introduction of various social investment programmes aimed at eradicating poverty among Nigerians.

On the reason for the visit he said, “I paid a visit to the President to brief him about the confluence state, the development and challenges we are facing and also to convey a message form the people of Kogi State that the social bond between the government and the governed is still very strong.

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“Also, I informed the President that the youth of Kogi State are expressing their appreciation to the President over the various social intervention programmes that are geared towards lifting the youth and women out of poverty.”

The Governor said he was in the State House to appeal for support in the areas of establishing an airport in Kogi as well as the dredging of River Niger up to Lokoja in order to boost the economy of the State and country at large.

He said: “I also made a demand to the President that he should please ensure that the pronounced airport to be established in Kogi State be looked into when funds would be released, let Kogi be the first.

“I also drew the President’s attention to the dredging of River Niger from the high sea to Lokoja, up to Baro if actually we want the economy of this country and of the North to prosper.”

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