UYO — APPROXIMATELY
7,000 youths of Akwa-Ibom State are reportedly in a hot scramble for only 1,000
placements in a tax consultancy firm engaged by the state government. Managing
Director of Romflex Nigeria Limited, Mr.
Eyo Bassey, disclosed this in Uyo,
while addressing the Appropriation and Finance Committee of the state House of
Assembly on the operations of his tax consultancy firm, recently hired by the
state government.
Bassey attributed the towering number of applicants to the
advertisement for application by interested youths, which ran on the
state-owned electronic media for several days.
“The applicants, when employed, are to be trained on revenue generation
to assist the firm in the enumeration of more than one million tax payers in
the state. “The recruitment exercise for the 1,000 youths would be conducted
this month and already, 100 youths are on the payroll of the firm.
“We are
committed to working in full capacity for the purpose of meeting this revenue
target for the government to succeed,” Bassey assured, but implored the
Assembly to formulate relevant laws to facilitate its operations in the state.
Speaking, a member of the Committee and member representing Itu State
Constituency, Hon Idongesit Ituen, urged the consultancy firm to ensure prompt
payment of tax to the state government with evidence of payment made known the
committee to guarantee sincerity of purpose.
Ituen also stressed the need for
the management of the firm to relate well with members of the committee in the
employment of indigenes of the state to guard against employing what he
described as “bad eggs” into the system to frustrate government’s efforts in
revenue generation. Earlier, the Chairman of the Committee,
Dr. Usoro
Akpanusoh, pledged the resolve of the Assembly to encourage the management and
staff of the tax consultancy outfit to operate successfully in the state. He
acknowledged the fact that most of the tax laws that were operational in the
state were as old as the Eastern region and so, requested the consultant to
collaborate with the committee to review the law to enhance its operations.
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