Only 600,000 Lagos residents pay tax out of 22 million population – Ambode

…Says State Has Not Increased Tax In 10 Years

By Kazeem Ugbodaga

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has identified the need for residents to adopt a willful approach to the payment of taxes as a means of addressing fundamental challenges confronting the State and accelerating development in all sectors and sections, lamenting that only 600,000 residents pay tax in the state.

Speaking at a sensitization workshop on 2017 Water Technology and Environmental Control Exhibition and Conference (WATEC) held at Ikeja, Ambode said out of a population of 22 million, only 600,000 Lagos residents were up to date in paying their taxes, and that such was not helpful to scale up provision of infrastructure and other amenities for the people.

Responding to a suggestion from one of the participants at the workshop that the State Government should complete the ongoing shoreline…