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.

Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Raheem Adaramaja     Agbarere     Tunji Oyawoye     NIPOGA     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Babajide Ajayi     Kayode Ibrahim     Moses Salami     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Kwara     Sabo-Oke     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Yoonus Lawal     Belgore     Olupako     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     IDPU     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Ibrahim Labaika     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Alanamu     Sunday Popo-Ola     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     KwaraLearn     KW-GIS     Ghali Muhammed     Overland     CCEPE     Rotimi Oyedepo     Oyedepo     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Umar Gunu     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Anilelerin     Dankaka     Salihu Ajia     Ibrahim Oniye     KWAFFA     Dumagi     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Ali Ahmad     Aliyu U. Tilde     Dairo Kunle Paul     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Chief Imam Of Offa     Ajikobi     Lola Olabayo     Baba Isale     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Shonga     Saka Adeyemo     Undergraduate Bursary     Age AbdulKareem     Na\'Allah     Lafiagi     Bola Shagaya     Sebastine Obasi     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Laolu Saraki     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Oloye     Old Oyo     Illyasu Abdullahi     Oluwole Dupe     TVC Female National Debate     Shettima     Islamic Development Bank     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Cassava Growers\' Association     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Mohammed Yahaya Barki    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulhakeem Amao     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Nigerian Correctional Service     Simeon Sayomi     Monthly Sanitation     Onilorin     Mustapha Olanipekun     Olupako Of Share     Sherif Sagaya     Dele Belgore     Ben Duntoye     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Oloje     Salami Adekunle     General Hospital, Offa     Ridwan Agboola     Damilola Yusuf     KWSUED     Aliyu Sabi     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Yakubu Dogara     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Adamu Atta     Orisa Bridge     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Esuwoye     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Akanbi-Oke     Aisha Buhari     Pategi     Charcoal     KWACOBPA     Dan-Kazeem     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Makama     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Local Government     Earlyon Technologies     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Muhammed Akanbi     ARMTI     Ilorin East     Omupo     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Amina El-Imam     NNPP     Cornelius Fawenu     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Durosinlohun Kawu     Facemasks     IsDB     SARS     Atiku     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Ado Ibrahim     Kishira     Fareedah Dankaka     Waheed Ibrahim     Hijaab     Okanlawon Musa     Lanre Badmus     Adebayo Salami     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     TIIDELab     KWATMA     FOMWAN     Noah Yusuf     ER-KANG     Agbarere     ENetSuD     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Temitope Ogunbanke     Tsaragi     Moshood Mustapha     Salihu Alhaji Musa     SAPZ Project     Oke-opin