By Terna Francis

Benue State Internal Revenue Service (BIRS) today, distrained by sealing the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM) over unremitted Pay As You Earn (PAYE) to the tune of over N2.3 billion.
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BIRS Execitive Chairman, Mrs. Mimi Adzape-Orubibi who led an enforcement team to the University early hours of the day, sealed off the Vice Chancellor's office, the office of the Registrar as well as that of the Bursar.

Speaking with newsmen shortly after the exercise, Mrs. Adzape-Orubibi said BIRS had to take that step after the institution failed to honour several letters written to it to pay up the outstanding Personal Income Tax from 2007 to 2011.

She explained that the BIRS got a court order to distrain FUAM because it deducted but failed to remit PAYE tax in some cases and under deducted in other cases; adding that the institution would now have to pay about N3 billion inclusive of penalties and interest.


While noting that though, the entire premises would have been sealed, the state government under the leadership of Governor Samuel Ortom is very concerned about education and would not want to render students helpless. She however posited that the decision to seal the institution became necessary owing to the continued evasion of tax by the school authority.
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http://www.lasgidionline.com.ng/2017/03/birs-seals-university-of-agriculture.html

lalasticlala

A very welcomed development.. This I can relate to though when you've worked with any of the IRS before

The University should have remitted the money since they've been doing the deductions from the staff

Who knows how many contracts the University staff must have lost due to the institution not remitting this to BIRS.. it's just not fair

Almost everything in Nigeria isn't fair though they're dark.. Probably the weather contributes too

see more photos here:http://www.lasgidionline.com.ng/2017/03/birs-seals-university-of-agriculture.html

fraud everywhere

I don't understand o.. Why state internal Revenue go seal Federal property

My Alma mater

What is wrong?

Even at the level of the University...chai!

2.3BN?

Today Black Market Dollar To Naira Exchange Rate
Buy = N375 / Sell = N380

Abeg o... Who get BIRS ? Who get the UNIVERSITY??

Na wa for we country o

LasgidiOnline:
By Terna Francis

Benue State Internal Revenue Service (BIRS) today, distrained by sealing the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM) over unremitted Pay As You Earn (PAYE) to the tune of over N2.3 billion.
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BIRS Execitive Chairman, Mrs. Mimi Adzape *orubibi* who led an enforcement team to the University early hours of the day, sealed off the Vice Chancellor's office, the office of the Registrar as well as that of the Bursar.

Speaking with newsmen shortly after the exercise, Mrs. Adzape-Orubibi said BIRS had to take that step after the institution failed to honour several letters written to it to pay up the outstanding Personal Income Tax from 2007 to 2011.

She explained that the BIRS got a court order to distrain FUAM because it deducted but failed to remit PAYE tax in some cases and under deducted in other cases; adding that the institution would now have to pay about N3 billion inclusive of penalties and interest.


While noting that though, the entire premises would have been sealed, the state government under the leadership of Governor Samuel Ortom is very concerned about education and would not want to render students helpless. She however posited that the decision to seal the institution became necessary owing to the continued evasion of tax by the school authority.
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http://www.lasgidionline.com.ng/2017/03/birs-seals-university-of-agriculture.html

lalasticlala

Was that ORUBEBE I SAW?

smartkester:
I don't understand o.. Why state internal Revenue go seal Federal property

U see am too ba

The National Assembly should call the attention of the JAMB Registrar.The processes involve in the registration is too tedious.

quite hilarious the kind of things I see in my country a whole university sealed off

Maybe the N2.3B was invested in a farm, and they would remit as soon as they get their produce
Afterall, they're all about agriculture

What about the student

Benue is a very useless state walai cursed with useless governors. Imagine you don't want to industrialise your state but you want money and so you sealed up an educational institution of higher learning.is that not foolishness?
Useless state,useless country
Banana republic

BoooooM! Some of my guys would surely love this.

Perverts.

smartkester:
I don't understand o.. Why state internal Revenue go seal Federal property

by law, your tax is payable to the government of the state you work in irrespective of whether or not your establishment is state, federal government or privately owned.....so yes! BIRS has the right to seal off the Federal university.

Ptown:
The National Assembly should call the attention of the JAMB Registrar.

What has admission board got to do with tax and university

I honestly do not know what to say to u...

What? This poo can only happen in a country like this.

smartkester:
I don't understand o.. Why state internal Revenue go seal Federal property

Because they owe the state's money. Benue Internal Revenue Service. That is how they generate money internally through tax levied on PAYE system and others.

Wike look at what Ortom did to FUAM

Understand before commenting. They deduct monies from the workers which r suppose to be remitted into tge account of the state on a paye scheme. The vc fails to remit. Which means he pockets the money??

Its not a tax on the uni but on the personnels...

darfay:
Benue is a very useless state walai cursed with useless governors. Imagine you don't want to industrialise your state but you want money and so you sealed up an educational institution of higher learning.is that not foolishness?
Useless state,useless country
Banana republic

kingphilip:
A very welcomed development.. This I can relate to though when you've worked with any of the IRS before

The University should have remitted the money since they've been doing the deductions from the staff

Who knows how many contracts the University staff must have lost due to the institution not remitting this to BIRS.. it's just not fair

Almost everything in Nigeria isn't fair though they're dark.. Probably the weather contributes too

The university is a Federal School whose staff are paid by the Federal govt and PAYE is deducted at source buy Federal Inland Revenue service so ask you yourself which PAYE is a state owned service looking for again .

Most federal establishments in states don't pay tax welcome development but the school should act fast because I applied for post graduate programmes since last year and now this which kind wahala be this

Tokziby:


Because they owe the state's money. Benue Internal Revenue Service. That is how they generate money internally through tax levied on PAYE system and others.

Get your facts right PAYE is deducted at source by the employer which is the Federal Govt thru the Federal Inland Revenue Service and this same PAYE tax is shared amongst the state so which PAYE is a state owned revenue service looking for in a Federal university ..

Good.
Our local government authorities and state governors need to widen the tax net and aggressively collect payment from everyone to invest in infrastructure and education for greater prosperity and even more taxes for employment opportunities for our youths.

Tokziby:


Because they owe the state's money. Benue Internal Revenue Service. That is how they generate money internally through tax levied on PAYE system and others.

Why wait till now to collect 2007-2011 tax dues in 2017,what about if the money was remitted to FBIR ?
THE STATE IS JUST S USRLESS STATE TO DO bBUSINESS