The Lagos State Government says the
Peoples Democratic Party governorship
candidate, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, owes the state
four years of unpaid taxes.
Agbaje had denied owing the state taxes,
insisting that he had even been commended
by the Commissioner for Finance, Ayo
Gbeleyi, for paying his taxes.
However, the government, in a statement by
the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media,
Mr. Hakeem Bello, said although Agbaje had
been paying the Land Use charge on his
private residence, the PDP candidate had not
been paying taxes on his businesses
premises.
The state government said the unpaid taxes
owed the state by Agbaje’s company, Jaykay
Pharmacy, were in the excess of N1.6m.
It, therefore, urged Agbaje to pay up the
money as it would meet some of the needs of
the state.
The statement read, “We consider it
necessary to make a response to the rebuttal
of Mr. Jimi Agbaje in some newspapers to
the assertion by Governor Babatunde Fashola
(SAN), on the subsisting default in Land Use
Charge payment of N1,629,064.62 by JayKay
Pharmacy Limited.
“For clarity, the issue at hand has to do with
Mr. Agbaje’s business premises at 9, Randle
Close, Apapa and not 1, Bombay Crescent,
Apapa GRA, for which he was commended.
“The letter issued by the Commissioner for
Finance is in respect of 1, Bombay Crescent,
Apapa GRA, which was published in Mr.
Agbaje’s response and is proof of
Government’s acknowledgement of payments
made on that property at 1, Bombay
Crescent, Apapa GRA which presumably is his
residence.
“The Land Use Charge on the business
premises of Jaykay Pharmacy at 9, Randle
Close, Apapa, was not paid for 2009, 2010,
2011 and 2012.
“As Governor Fashola acknowledged, payment
was made for 2013 and 2014 on 9, Randle
Close, Apapa, perhaps in preparation for the
election. The payments for 2009 to 2012
remain outstanding and unpaid and those
monies go to the local governments to fund
primary education and primary health care.
The amount unpaid is N1, 629,064.62. The
only way this debt owed to the people of
Lagos will go away is if it is paid.”
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They should take him to court na! #AGBAJEforlagos... GEJ till 2019!!!

Lagos state govt is making dumb and stewpid allegations and I think fashola should be able to reason beyond this mundane level. If someone is owing millions oof naira as taxes ,just go there and collect it or seal up the place and stop making noise on the frontpages of newspaper. But I am sure if it were petty traders by the road side that are owing few hundred naira,lagos state govt would have sent its task force to demolish their shop and seize their wares