By Emma Okonji
Telecommunication companies (Telcos) have expressed concerns over recent move by various states ministry of environment to impose environmental impact assessment (EIA) levy on their operations across the country.
They described the development as another form of multiple taxation that would impede the growth of the sector.
To this end, the operators under the aegis of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), have written to the Federal Ministry of Environment, explaining the economic implication of allowing States’
Ministry of Environment to collect environmental impact assessment levy directly from the operators across the country, after they have paid same levy to the federal government through the Federal Ministry of Environment and the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA).
The operators want the Federal Ministry of Environment to review the existing…
