EBONYI state Governor David Umahi said imprisonment without any option of fine, await any member of the state revenue board that try to defraud the state.
Governor Umahi disclosed this when he assent into law five Executive bill and one private bill from a member state house of Assembly at Executive Council chamber government house Abakaliki.
According to Governor Umahi, while assenting “law 007 bill which deals with Ebonyi agricultural land development Authority” which the essence, is to promote and support optimum of land for food production said it became very important that the state makes efforts towards self-reliance to change the narratives and enhance in agricultural output.
Assenting Law 006 “quackery and orthodox medicine” Umahi directed the commissioner for Health and senior special assistants on health services to immediately grab the law and see if they can make an impact in that sector to ensure that all medical approach in the State meets the standard to enhance people’s lives.
Governor Umahi also said Law 011 “Revenue matters law” will assist in checkmating those that have not been paying and also send to prison all fake tax collectors destroying the image of the Government.
“So my interest is that we should not tax revenue from those we should not collect at all.
“For those who will be members of the revenue board, it will be imprisonment no option of fine for any member that defraud the State.”
Also signed into law, Law 009 Neighbourhood watch said the law is aimed to complement the works of security and protect neighbourhood watch members to arrest and handover to police anyone who wants to carry ballot box during the election.
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He called on all the ministries that have abandon properties, like centenary city, Ebonyi hotel, and many abandon properties stating that the procurement law would assist in handling the projects. He urged the leaders of physical responsibility to step into all ministries and found out all the abandon projects.
However, the Governor has mandated all commissioners to grab the law and study them for effective function.
Earlier, presenting the bills for assent on behalf of the Ebonyi State house of Assembly the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Odefa Obasi Odefa, who said law 007 is deals with Ebonyi agricultural land development Authority said the essence of it is to promote and support optimum of land for food production because it is the desire of the Governor to turn Ebonyi to food basket of Nigeria or that of Africa.
“Law 008, that is basically to fight quackery in institutions generally. This law will ensure that education has quality and not quantity as Ebonyi State house of Assembly collaborate to ensure that there are no quacks in the State and by this, no one would be allowed to run a private institution without due process and formal approval by the state government.
“Law 009, neighbourhood watch it is aimed to complement the works of security. Today most of the crime reduction in the State has been laid down by most of the Technical Advisers on security and neighbourhood watch so it is normal to give it a legal muscle so that their activities will be lawful without fear of being arrested, intimidated or imprisoned for doing a legitimate work.
“Law 011, is that of the revenue matters. Revenue matters is everything all over the world . Unfortunately and regrettably our revenue per month is less than 28m while some States are celebrating 1billion Naira a month. It is not a taxation law, it is only giving strength to all loophole to ensure that we do all we could do to complement the State government so that we do not depend and laid solely on the federal allocation which is not taking us anywhere.
Law 010, is the law that mistirously offences. Most of the minning sites are now death traps a lot of them are excavated to a point that they are more dangerous than a weapon on earth and that they are no physical acessement plans for it to be filled. So this law will ensure that all this protection are a guarantee . We have also ban movement of cattle and cows unfortunately they still abound everywhere this are some of the things that this laws are made to be checkmate.”
Odefa, who said the House of Assembly has indeed performed it roll credibly to ensure that they gain more as a State, urged Ebonyians to know that the House of Assembly is doing all it can to ensure that the government maintained it status and gain the very best.
He further assured the State Governor of their commitment to ensure that Ebonyi State is successful .
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