Sesan Olufowobi and Oladimeji Ramon
The Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja branch, on Tuesday made good its threat to protest against the Lagos State Land Use Charge Law 2018.
The NBA was supported by the National Conscience Party, Committee for the Defence of Human Rights and Joint Action Committee, among others.
The groups stormed the Lagos State Government’s secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja, to protest against the new law, saying it had led to a hike in the levies charged by government on property.
The ‘Hell Tax Must Go’ protest started from the Lagos State Magistrate’s Court in Ikeja, from where the protesters marched to the Government House and the Lagos State House of Assembly complex in Alausa.
The protesters displayed placards, some of which read, ‘We are not selling houses,’ ‘Lagos is not only for the rich,’ and ‘Land Use Charge increment is wicked and…
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