The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has shut
three of its offices in Adamawa because of insurgency, the News Agency of
Nigeria reports. The organisation also said that it lost revenue worth hundreds
of millions of naira due to the insecurity in the state.
Sadig
Mohammed, the Tax Controller in charge of FIRS Micro and Small Tax Office,
Yola, made the disclosure on Monday in
Yola.
Mr.
Mohammed said that the affected offices were located in Mubi North, Madagali
and Michika Local Government Areas. He expressed concern that the development
was adversely affecting the revenue generation of the office in the state
considering the business activities in the areas.
“The
insecurity being witnessed in the North-East region and some parts of the state
in particular has forced the FIRS to shut down three of its offices in Mubi
North, Madagali and Michika.
“Due
to the development, the FIRS has lost hundreds of millions of naira,” Mr.
Mohammed said.
On
tax evasion, he said that the service was adopting new measures to ensure that
all eligible tax payers remitted their payment appropriately.
Adamawa, Borno, and
Yobe are three of the states most affected by the Boko Haram insurgency and
have been under emergency rule since May 2013.
(NAN)
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