The Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja branch, has given the Lagos
State Government a seven-day ultimatum to reverse its recently
introduced hike on Land Use Charge.
The Chairman of the NBA branch, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana, disclosed
in a statement on Wednesday that the association was set to embark
on a mass protest tagged, “Hell Tax Must Go,” against the “Pharaoic
tax regime.”
Ogunlana said the NBA was strongly opposed to the LUC, which it
described as an “excessive and arbitrary tax regime” calculated at
turning Lagos State into a “toxic environment and a living hell”
for Lagosians.
He said the association would give Governor Akinwunmi Ambode
till next Monday to retrace his steps on the LUC, failing which its
members would hit the streets on Tuesday.
The Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja branch, has given the Lagos
State Government a seven-day ultimatum to reverse its recently
introduced hike on Land Use Charge.
The Chairman of the NBA branch, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana, disclosed
in a statement on Wednesday that the association was set to embark
on a mass protest tagged, “Hell Tax Must Go,” against the “Pharaoic
tax regime.”
Ogunlana said the NBA was strongly opposed to the LUC, which it
described as an “excessive and arbitrary tax regime” calculated at
turning Lagos State into a “toxic environment and a living hell”
for Lagosians.
He said the association would give Governor Akinwunmi Ambode
till next Monday to retrace his steps on the LUC, failing which its
members would hit the streets on Tuesday.