Oyo State Authorities has refuted a viral on-line publish suggesting it has concluded plans to impose a tax on sure social actions, akin to burial, naming, and wedding ceremony ceremonies.
A press release on Thursday in Ibadan by the state’s Commissioner for Info and Civic Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, urged members of the general public to discountenance the viral publish.
Oyelade mentioned the publish was a calculation to malign the state authorities.
In response to him, any official assertion of such could have the ‘income code’ for fee of any tax or levy and should statutorily have the signature of the Chairman of the State Inner Income Board.
“None of those situations have been fulfilled within the viral publish.
“Equally necessary is the deal with, which should learn OYO STATE INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICE , which was clearly absent within the mischievous publish,”he mentioned.
The commissioner reiterated that as the subsequent elections draw nearer, politicians will undertake numerous techniques to mar the enviable achievements of Seyi Makinde’s administration over the past seven years.
He additionally cautioned bloggers and different information shops in opposition to spreading unverified data, urging them to at all times verify their tales earlier than publication.
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