JUST IN: Govs meet in Abuja over minimum wage, stamp duties
— 27th June 2018
Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
Governors under the auspices of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) are currently meeting in Abuja over the contentious issue of minimum wage implementation as well as the issue of stamp duties which is a subject of litigation.
The governors are meeting with Attorneys-General of 36 states of the federation as well as the Postmaster-General of the Federation, Bisi Adegbuyi, to discuss the update on recovery of stamp duties, a subject of controversy as the states claim that the amount due to states was not being remitted.
The governors had, in April, set up a three-man committee to investigate the alleged N20 trillion unremitted stamp duty funds to the Federation Account.
The committee, chaired by Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, has Emmanuel Udom of…
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