COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED BY MATURED MINDS COMMUNITY ADDRESSING “LAND USE ACT DECREE” IN EKITI STATE
The Land Use Act Decree is one of the adopted means of tax collection used by the government by its citizens.
Tax payments are of different categories, and the government has different means of collecting them
One such is the one deducted automatically from a civil servant’s salary, while the other is through the Land Use Act Decree, that is, through shops and companies.
It’s the right of the government to levy its citizens ‘ taxes, and it’s the citizens’ right to pay their taxes. On this basis, it is the right of the citizens to challenge the government when they fail to perform to expectations.
*CHALLENGES FACED BY CITIZENS FROM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
In the process of collecting taxes from the citizens, a series of challenges were encountered by the tax collectors. This includes:
1. There is no adequate orientation and dissemination of information as regards tax payment.
2. Government officials on tax collection leverage the exercise to enter citizens’ compounds without notice – Taking pictures of the house without prior notification of the owner.
3. They charge citizens at their convenience, unlike the civil servants who are aware of the amount levied on a monthly or yearly basis. However, the citizens are deprived of this opportunity, and as such, the officials leveraged it to extort the citizens.
4. Shops, companies, and houses were sealed from government officials without prior notification as regards tax payment, of which the payers have no idea of the levied amount and where to direct the payment.
*SOLUTIONS AND BENEFITS OF TAX PAYMENT ON GOVERNMENT AND THE CITIZENS
To ameliorate the challenges and to better serve both government and citizens on tax payment, the following were suggested:
1. There should be adequate sensitization and orientation about tax payments from the government to the masses.
2. The ratio of tax payment on individuals should be placed on the capacity of their house, shop, and company.
3. Awareness is to be made to relevant towns, villages, and streets before when the operation (of tax collection) will be carried out to avoid undue controversies.
4. Identifications for due recognition are to be made through government officials from constituted ministries to avoid a mix-up of payment.
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