The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftency affair, Mr Ademorin Kuye has announced that Lagosians spend N1billion monthly on merriment and entertainment making the Lagos State Government to plan introducing the merriment tax.
“Over N1billion is spent monthly in Lagos state on entertainment and parties, we have the records to confirm this and these people, how many of them pay tax? The money goes into drinks, wine, food, aso-ebi and all of that and when they spend all of this money; they do not want to pay anything to the government”
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"This justified the reason why local Governments demand that anyone organising events in the state must pay the Merriment Tax.”
“There is merriment tax in that constitution, its part of the rate Local Governments can collect. We have not fully utilised the benefit of the entertainment industry in this state”.
Is the state government now saying that celebrating is now an offence or people can't spend any amount they deem fit on their party. After all, Lagosians now pay for their waste to be disposed and have stopped blocking roads for parties.
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