Kwara school owners protest multiple taxation

Date: 2023-01-27

Members of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools in Kwara State on Thursday staged a peaceful protest over what they described as exorbitant and multiple taxation by the state Internal Revenue Service.

The group, which has about 3,000 members, marched to the Ministry of Education, Ilorin to register their grievances with the government.

The Association led by the State President of NAPPS, Dr Temitope Ajibola, said that it members rejected recent charges, levies and taxes on private school owners and businesses in the state by the KWIRS because it was exploitative.

Ajibola gave the Ministry of Education 72 hours to resolve the issue with KWIRS as WAEC registration would close on Friday, adding that various taxes imposed by KW-IRS will adversely affect WAEC registration of private school students.

“The stringent taxes will affect registration of pupils for WAEC exams as school owners will find it hard to meet up with the deadline to upload WAEC CASS which closes in 48 hours because the KWIRS refused to issue clearance except on payment.

“We can't meet up. That's why we're protesting. We are appealing to KWIRS not to pitch us against the state government”, he said.

The school proprietors said they were levied on over 11 different charges and taxes, appealing to the state government to prevail on KW-IRS to only maintain the levy on renewal fee.

He said that some of the recent charges and taxes include land charges, personal income tax, signage and advertisement fees, renewal fees on business premises, fire prevention/inspection fees, fees on school health, safety permit, pest control and fumigation certificate fees, among others.

Ajibola urged the state revenue agency to see them as partners in progress, considering the fact that they are employers of labour, saying that multiple taxation could lead to closure of many private schools in the state.

The group, which asked for urgent response from government on their appeal, said that the aggrieved parents with their students may storm the ministry on another protest on Monday, if no favourable response was received in 72 hours.

“We're employers of labour to be commended and not to be condemned. We employ 1000s of teachers which the government have no capacity to cater for. We run our schools with loan and we're not rich people. Many of us are running at a loss. We are in need of government assistance. We are even finding it hard to pay teachers. Kwara State is a civil service economy. Many parents pay after salary payment”, he said.

Addressing the school owners, the Director, Quality Assurance Bureau, Kwara State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs Ade Aboyeji, commended the school proprietors for their peaceful and mature conduct.

She also promised to inform the appropriate quarters about their grievances.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Jamiu Oyawoye     Elelu     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Kulende-UITH     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Suleman Abubakar     HICA     Apaokagi     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Ishola Abdullahi     Omu-aran     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Funmi Salau     Bashiru Makama     Hijaab     Dankaka     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Saka Aleshinloye     Omoniyi Ayinla     Erin-ile     Abdulwahab Ololele     Ilorin.Info     Goodluck Jonathan     Pilgrims Board     Oro Grammar School     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Kayode Yusuf     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Sun Qing Rong     Gbugbu International Market     Nurudeen Mohammed     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Allocation     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Doyin Agbamu     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Segun Olawoyin     Igosun     Ishaq Salman     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Dan Masanin     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Sabo-Oke     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Senate     Senate President     Atunwa     Kamoru Kadiri     Third Estate     KWACOBPA     Student Learning Support Helpline     IYA ALFA NLA     Ayo Opadokun     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Baba Isale     Agor Market     Bayo Ojo     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Amoyo     Simeon Sayomi     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Alore     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Niyi Ogundiran     SSA Youth Engagement     Durosinlohun Atiku     MAI Akande     NIRSAL    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yakub Lai Gobir     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Kwara South     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Abubakar Ndakene     Alfa Modibo Belgore     N-Power     Kola Ologbondiyan     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Ramat Oganija     KWASAA     Lai Gobir     Adanla-Irese     Sidikat Akaje     All Peoples Party     Elelu     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Omotoso Musa     Kwara     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Ajia-Bako     Esinrogunjo     Toyin Falola     Abdulraheem Olesin     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     James Kolo     Amasa     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Bashiru Makama     Sabi     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Tunji Oyawoye     National Information Technology Development Agency     Emir Of Ilorin     Akeem Olatunji     Salake     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Abdulrasaq Alaro     JSSCE     Dogara     Durosinlohun Kawu     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Doyin Group     Ijagbo     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Baruba     Mohammed Yisa     Bolakale Ayo     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Saliu Mustapha     Durosinlohun Atiku     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Lanwa     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     MAI Akande     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Risikat Lawal     Umar Gunu     IEDPU     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Popo-Igbonna     Kwara Politics     Amosa     Forgo Battery     Ubandawaki     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Oloriegbe     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Yusuf Arowosaye     Madawaki     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Mukhtar Shagaya     Sadiq Buhari