Oyo state government on Thursday sealed off six hotels, four commercial banks, three filling stations and seven companies for defaulting from paying the state’s land use charges.
The government said it took the decision to seal off the facilities after several reminder and discount offered were not taken advantage off. Speaking after the exercise, Chairman of the state Board of Internal Revenue, Aremo John Adeleke said the exercise was targeted at urging the state businesses to be alive to their responsibilities to enable government provide security, infrastructure and other essentials necessary to make businesses thrive.
He said, “The focus of the drive is not to close down or ground any business but to give a push to businesses to assist government in creating a better business premise for them to thrive.”