Emmanuel Oluwakorede
Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS) has accused Dangote Cement Plc Obajana of forging its tax receipt.
The acting Chairman of KGIRS, Salisu Enehe disclosed this during the ongoing investigative hearing by the State House of Assembly Adhoc Committee on revenue at the Assembly Complex in Lokoja.
Enehe was responding to the Claim by the Committee that the Company had paid over N14bn tax to the the Agency between 2016 till date.
According to the State Revenue Boss, said most of the figures the company claimed to have paid are totally incorrect, urging the Company to check its record.
He said despite the billions of Naira that Company is making from the State monthly, it has failed to pay taxes that are due to the the State and Lokoja Local Government Area.
Enehe said instead of doing the needful, the Company approached the Court to stale payment of Taxes that are legally passed by the State Assembly and assented to by the Governor.
He noted that the lack of tax payment has slowed down the development of the State.
Also speaking, the Commissioner of Commerce and Industry, Gabriel Olofu said Dangote Company has refused to pay for business premises in the last 2yrs.
Olusegun Ogunbanjo, the Head of Accounts of the Company told the Committee that the Company had paid N14bn tax from 2016 till date.
