As controversy continues to trail the new tax regime imposed on business outfits in the state, Igbo traders in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital yesterday staged peaceful protests against what they described as “outrageous taxes” imposed on them by the state government.
Shops belonging to the Igbo traders, along the state secretariat road and a branch of Zenith Bank, NNPC retail petrol station were shut down by officials of the Board of Internal Revenue, BIR, in an operation that commenced at about 9.00 am.
The traders marched from their shops to the BIR headquarters opposite Old Governor’s Office, forcing the frightened civil servants working at BIR to shut their doors against the protesters and didn’t open until 4.00 pm closing time.
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Bowen university.
The Vice Chancellor of Bowen University,
Iwo in Osun State, Prof. Mathews Ojo, has advised young entrepreneurs
not to be discouraged by initial challenges while starting their
businesses.
The vice chancellor gave this advice on
Tuesday at the ninth commencement lecture of the university. The lecture
entitled, ‘Your degree is a blunt instrument: Build something bold with
it- A call to entrepreneurship, was organised to stimulate the interest
of the students and graduands from the university in entrepreneurship
Ojo said starting businesses could pose a
lot of challenges but stated that with persistence and focus, the
challenges would be overcome.
The guest lecturer, who is the Chairman
of Bela Vista Property Development Company, Mr. Olatunji Bello, also
said fresh graduates, who chose to be self-employed always encountered
problem of financing.
He, however, said with determination, they would overcome teething problems of their businesses.
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