APC accuses Fayose of killing Ekiti with taxes

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has criticised the Governor Ayodele Fayose administration over the imposition of various taxes the development which it said is forcing businesses in the state to close down, saying the forced closure of businesses over alleged refusal to pay taxes would compound the state’s economy’s woes.

The party said the governor’s policy was a wrong signal to investors, willing to do businesses in the state and a disincentive to local business operators who struggled to cope with cut-throat taxes being imposed by the governor.Publicity Secretary of the opposition party in the state, Taiwo Olatunbosun, in a statement in Ado-Ekiti, said the taxes imposed on business owners were too harsh, outrageous and exploitative.
Describing Fayose administration’s policies as lacking human face, he said “the prevailing economic situation in the country doesn’t support high taxation”. 

He said: “Locking out traders, shop and busi-ness owners without allowing them opportunity to remove their valuables is most degrading, wicked, ungodly and inhuman.
“The task force men working with some thugs refused the business owners along Bank Road to take the keys to their homes, cash, cheque books, passbooks and other documents as they were locked inside, which resulted in Igbo traders that drive the economy of the state to stage a protest.
“Zenith and Diamond banks were illegally and forcefully locked up against the customers and the workers at the banks, thereby causing panic as in armed robbery scene.”