The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has inaugurated a nine-member committee to review tax policies, rates, levies, and fees in the state.
At the inauguration ceremony on Friday, the Enugu State Governor, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Professor Onyia, announced that the government had established a committee in response to various public complaints received regarding taxes and state-controlled revenues.
According to the State Government, the Committee has two weeks to carry out its assignment and report findings to the government.
They are to benchmark Enugu State’s revenue practices against Lagos, Abuja, and other South East states as relates to Land Use Charge, Certificate of Occupancy (C-of-O) fees, market levies and stall rents, business premises registration, signage and advertisement fees, among others, and recommend reforms to improve compliance, fairness, transparency, and revenue efficiency.
The terms of reference include: “To review existing harmonization/consolidation laws and other revenue-related laws in Enugu State; review the implementation of such laws and their impact; identify and evaluate all revenue heads under the control of Enugu State (excluding federally administered taxes like VAT and Stamp Duties); identify all areas of duplication and multiple taxation across the state, including the local government; examine the impact of the expansion of the tax bracket and issues of a culture of non-tax payment; and assess the fairness, transparency, and efficiency of current tax rates and collection processes in Enugu.”
According to the state government’s directives, the Committee should ensure proper stakeholder engagement by conducting surveys and interviews with property owners, market traders, Local Government revenue officers, Local Government Chairmen, Civil Society Organizations, business owners, among others.
In his remark, Chairman of the Committee, Ikechukwu Ezenwukwa (Solicitor-General of Enugu State) said that setting up the committee underscores the governor’s personality as a listening leader, who cares about the concerns of the people. On behalf of his colleagues, Ezenwuka thanked the State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah for finding them worthy to undertake the onerous task.
Members of the committee include the Solicitor-General of Enugu State, Ikechukwu Ezenwukwa (Chairman); Adenike Okebu, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Revenue Mobilization.
Other members are drawn from interest groups, government, organized labour, and the civil society; Comrade Ben Asogwa, Chairman, Trade Union Congress, Enugu State chapter; Chief Chinwuba Igwesi, Chairman of State Market Association; Ngozi Ezema, Head of Legal Dept., Enugu State Inland Revenue Service; Chief Chinedu Mbah, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Markets.
1st Deputy President, Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, ECCIMA, Engr. Nnanyelugo Onyemelukwe, Deputy Council Chairman and representative of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, Enugu State, Hon. Paul Okwo, and representative of the Civil Society, Barr. Crownwell Chibuzo.
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