The chairman of Cross River State Anti-Tax Agency, Dr Emmah Isong, has accused some local government council chairmen of extorting the people and also exacting taxes illegally.
Isong threatened to recommend any defiant council executive or political appointee to the State House of Assembly for appropriate disciplinary actions, adding that his agency shall prosecute any tax agent or consultant at the newly constituted mobile courts.
The tax ombudsman confirmed in a statement that his agency had received reports that newly inaugurated chairmen of local government councils have resumed illegal collections of revenues and check points contrary to the governor’s directives of 20th May 2020 and the Cross River State 2015 Tax Exemptions laws.
“While we appreciate the need for Councils, MDAs to step up their internally generated revenues, but they should not collect from the exempted categories such as the okada riders, Keke NAPEP, taxi drivers, small businesses, junior civil servants.”
