Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti

The Catholic diocese of Ekiti has threatened to sue Governor Ayodele Fayose over the education development levy imposed on primary and secondary pupils in both state-owned and private schools in the state.

Under the new tax regime, pupils in primary and secondary schools are to pay N500 and N1,000 education development levy, respectively.



But the catholic church has said it will not pay the money, advising the government to exempt its schools from payment.

Citing Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Law, 2005, the church said the state government had the mandatory obligation to provide free and compulsory education for every child of primary to junior secondary school classes.

The bishop of the diocese, Most Rev. Felix Ajakaye, stated this in a press statement made available to journalists in Ado Ekiti on Thursday.

He threatened to file a legal action against the government in the circumstance that any of the schools under his custody is disturbed.”

“No law empowers the state government of Ekiti to impose Education Development Levy on pupils/students of mission schools in Ekiti state,” he said.

Ajakaye said that the church viewed the new tax as another burden on parents whom he said were already overwhelmed with taxes in different forms by the state government.

He recalled with pain how the state, under the military regime in 1975, “forcibly” took over 106 Catholic primary schools with seven secondary schools and one technical school without compensation.

He added that the new tax was unnecessary because schools established by the Church had been paying various levies and taxes demanded by both local and state governments.

“The Catholic Church in Ekiti land implores the state government to see the Church as great contributor to quality education and a formidable partner in the development of education in the state. Therefore, the status of the Catholic schools must be recognised as defined by their purposes and they should be treated accordingly,” Ajakaye added

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So far they are making use of the money judiously, no problem

Fayose the Yahoo governor

Oma307:
So far they are making use of the money judiously, no problem

...by spending the money on stomach infrastructure? Judiciously indeed!

We dey here they watch

That's of the state agenda

emerged01:

...by spending the money on stomach infrastructure? Judiciously indeed!

Good to see that people are now speaking up against Fayose's silly tax laws. Useless tax laws such as this one should not be accepted unchallenged by the people. Ekiti people should reset their brains and see through Fayose's failure as governor.

I hope they do so and fast












But then i hope they don't because some erdyots (Fayose inclusive)will say Buhari sent them to persecute him

Fayose will never be my hero.

Fayose, why na?

It is the height of insanity to impose taxes on people for sending their children to school! And for what, to occasionally distribute a few cups of rice and a bit of chicken here and there?

But is it possible to sue a madman in a Nigerian court