The financial crisis rocking the nation
occasioned by the falling oil price has
pitched revenue officers in Isoko North
Local Government Area with the
executives of the National Automobile
Technicians Association (NATA) over
revenue payment to upgrade the
financial base of the local government
council in Delta State.
Officials of the Automobile Association in the council
area have refused to pay the prescribed revenue to
the council, citing the unwillingness of the local council
authorities to build a mechanic village for their
members while the council has continued collecting
revenue from the mechanics over the years.
The crisis rose to a peak weekend when the council
revenue officials dragged the mechanics to the state
revenue court located in the area to compel them to
pay their levy to the council revenue coffers.
In two separate letters forwarded to the mechanic
association by the council revenue authorities and
obtained by our correspondent, the local government
demanded the mechanics to pay the prescribed fee of
N3000 within 14 days or face legal action.
But counsel to the mechanics in the state, Barrister
Dave Eluemunor, said the threat issued to his clients by
the council was an empty threat as he faulted what
the local government called tenement rate extension,
upholstery fees and others, saying “we are going to
object frankly to this type of practice. They are trying
to intimidate our people but it cannot work.
“We will fight it to the Supreme Court.
What they are claiming is small but we
will fight it to the Supreme Court. The
demand notice mentioned account
number but they did not even state
account number but they only put their
phone number so that we can call them.”
Delta State Chairman of the Automobile Association,
Ifeanyi Abanum, told nuperunz.blogspot.com.ng that the issue has gone
out of hand as council officials have continued to
threaten and intimidate his people over revenue
payment to local government councils in the state.
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