As Benue government intensifies effort at boosting its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), the state revenue office has come out with new formula with students seeking tax clearance have to cough out N100,500 instead of N1,000 been collected from students in the past.
The Nigerian Tribune stumbled on the new minimum tax dated January 28, 2016, also noted that professionals, clergy, traders, artisans and patent medicine sellers are to be heavily taxed.
According to the paper, which is in possession of the
Nigerian Tribune , clergy is expected N200, 000, artisans N120, 000, traders N150, 000, patent medicine sellers N150, 000, car/motorcycle dealers N200, 000 while professionals are to cough out N400,000.
The new tax formula, which was signed by the state executive chairman, Mrs Mimi Orubibi, has other payments to be made for tax clearance certificate in the case the affected persons failed to pay as at when due.
Meanwhile, the state governor, Chief Samuel Ortom, has frowned at the manner government funds are been siphoned with the use of manual receipts, warning that any government functionary, institution or parastatal found engaging in this nefarious act would be dealt with severely.
The Governor dropped the warning yesterday during a meeting with permanent secretaries, heads of government owned tertiary institutions, as well as heads of parastatals at the Government House, Makurdi, reminded them that they are key drivers of government policies and so, must ensure transparency.
He also explained that the introduction of the Point of Sale (POS), is meant to block leakages and directed that all illegally operated revenue opened without authorisation be closed and all money remit to the State account.

I hope this clown has increased minimum wage to 100k in that state

They shudnt waste there time nobody wud pay dat money, benue people are poor, apart from politics i don't know of any other lucrative venture in Benue...
For them to pay 1thousand na war then imagine 100thousand.

madenigga:
They shudnt waste there time nobody wud pay dat money, benue people are poor, apart from politics i don't know of any other lucrative venture in Benue...
For them to pay 1thousand na war then imagine 100thousand.

Benue people are poor? Like seriously

onyowo:

Benue people are poor? Like seriously

Where they rich b4?
Apart from politics/govt work and its attendant benefit's tell me any oda thing in benue.

madenigga:

Where they rich b4?
Apart from politics/govt work and its attendant benefit's tell me any oda thing in benue.

Which other thing do u still want in Benue state, are there no private small scale companies in Benue state? Free us with our poverty....

Chanji....

onyowo:

Which other thing do u still want in Benue state, are there no private small scale companies in Benue state? Free us with our poverty....

LoL... Babe no vex o.

Change everywhere. So sudden did the promise of change became a promise of chain. Let no one who thumb printed for this government complain. I just pity those who wisely rejected change but regrettably found themselves in a pool of zombies.

madenigga:

LoL... Babe no vex o.

Lol....i can't fit vex for u ohhh...

Where is omenka?

Efulefu

Good that's what change means

*Sighs again*
This is Not Change!
Why Tax an Overtaxed population already. we pay Taxes for market space to sell vegetables, taxes to ply our okada business, taxes for so many other things. Double taxation is rife in the state.
Ortom, what we need is industry..the raw materials are there...those mangos and oranges rotting in the sun are exportable ( anambra case scenario).. Work with NEPC to harness the huge potentials
Of this state.
There are rivers and streams in benue state with unique tropical fish species that will meet the viewing needs of so many Aquaria in the world..so beautiful that villagers are forbidden from eating them..the River benue is hugely under tapped, what does it take to under annual sport regattas on it ( Oxford-Cambridge type), just put some prize money and watch it grow..
Ontisha to the West, Port Harcourt to the South, Abuja to the North, Yaounde and Bamenda to the East..the market is inexhaustible...


And Yes Onyowo, we are poor! Nothing to be ashamed of!

kasala