Commissioner for Local Government and
Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Ademorin Kuye,
said this on Thursday at the briefing of
the ministry in Alausa, Ikeja.
He said the benefits of entertainment industry had
not been fully utilised in Lagos and the country,
adding that taxes that should accrue to the
government were spent on social gatherings.
"There is merriment tax in the constitution; it's part
of the rate local governments can collect. We have
not utilised the benefit of the entertainment
industry in this state.
"Over N1bn is spent monthly in Lagos State on
entertainment. We have the records to confirm this
and these people, how many of them pay taxes? The
money goes into drinks, wine, food and aso-ebi and
nobody wants to pay anything to the government."
Kuye said those clamoring for autonomy for local
governments were not sincere but were only
pushing for it to score political points.
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