From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
The Tax Justice Network has taken a sensitisation campaign on prompt payment of tax to the Monday market in Kaduna South Local Government.
Speaking during the campaign, Femi Johnson, a member of the network said the essence of the outing was to sensitise the people on the need to pay their taxes and also to know if there is a system on ground that allows them to pay their taxes.
He said, “We are also doing a feedback survey so we can know if there are existing challenges and issues on ground as it relates to payment of tax so that it can help us inform other data that we gather at the market.”
The Leader of the market, Bashir Adamu assured the network of his support on payment of tax.
According to him, “There are over 10, 000 traders and visitors to the market every Monday, this goes to show how important the market is. There is a need for the government to use the money collected through tax to provide toilet facilities and proper waste disposal as these are major challenges in the market.”
He explained that taxes are collected every Monday from traders and annually from shop owners.
He then called on the traders to respect leaders of the market by paying their tax.
The market manager, Isiyaku Bello stressed that along as the traders see value for their money, they will pay their taxes.
He then called on the government to provide adequate security for the market saying, “shop owners are paying through their nose to secure their property.”According to him, “There are over 10, 000 traders and visitors to the market every Monday, this goes to show how important the market is. There is a need for the government to use the money collected through tax to provide toilet facilities and proper waste disposal as these are major challenges in the market.”
