Enugu Gov’t Constitutes Task Force To Arrest Illegal Revenue Collectors

Enugu state government has constituted a task force to apprehend and prosecute all those found to be involved in illegal revenue collections.

The Secretary to the State Government, Professor Chidiebere Onyia, made this known in a statement on Thursday.

The statement warned those involved to desist immediately or face severe consequences

Full statement below:

The attention of the Enugu State Government has been drawn to the spate of unauthorised collection of levies by those posing as State and Local Government officials or agents.

The Enugu State government hereby issues a stern warning that any State or Local Government official or their purported agents involved in illegal collection of levies, taxes, tolls, or rates will be apprehended and subjected to the full wrath of the law.

In this regard, the State government has constituted a task force to apprehend and prosecute all those found to be involved in these illegal revenue collections.

Such individuals are cautioned to desist immediately or face severe consequences.