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Oyo State Government Shuts Obasanjo Farms in Ibadan


Oyo state government on Tuesday close down the business premises of Obasanjo Farms, situated in Oluyole Industrial Estate, Ibadan. 


The authorization arrange was executed by the states between clerical implementation unit being facilitated by the Board of Internal Revenue. 

Different organizations influenced by the request included Black Horse, Heinemann Educational Books, Lister Flour Mills, Evans Brother, Butterfield bread shop, Chicken Republic, MRS oil and Rasmed Publicity. 

Director of the board, Bicci Alli, told writers that the request ended up essential after the disappointment of the organizations to consent to the state charge laws' orders in spite of being served updates on a few events. 


Focusing on that the requirement will be constant, he cautioned every corporate association in the state to do the needful and be corporately dependable in accordance with the rules that everyone must follow.

“the exercise we carried out today is not something new and not outside the law. It is within the law. 

We went to restrain some corporate organizations that failed to pay what is due to Oyo state government after giving due notices, demand notices and even public notices to that effect and they failed to pay.

“So we went to those places to restrain them from having access to their premises and it’s going to be a continuous exercise, all through the week and even next week.

“What they are guilty of is the payment of the environmental development levy. Some of them owe about two years.

 We wrote to them and gave them notices to pay, they refused to pay. It was as a result of their failure to pay that we now embarked on the needful.

“But it’s so sad that not until we have to take this step against the firms that they are now actually coming out to pay.

“Government is not interested in disrupting the business of these corporate organizations; the business of government is to create an enabling environment for 

business to thrive which Oyo state government has done tremendously well in the last few years and that’s why you see businesses springing up on daily basis in Oyo state. 

The government cannot disrupt their businesses unless where it is absolutely necessary.

“The focus now is that we will collect every kobo that people are owing to the state government, 

we did a publication on August 13, in two widely read newspapers, drawing the attention of corporate organizations and individual residents of Oyo state to pay all their taxes, dues and levies that are supposed to be paid to the state government within 14 days.

“But that was like a reminder, prior to that: we served demand notices in line with extant laws on corporate organizations, individuals to pay their taxes.

Some of the taxes are due early January, February, March, depending on the position of the law. However, when they failed to pay, 


we did the remainder in line with the position of the law and we now did a public notice on 14th August, giving them 14 days to be able to pay. So, nobody could tell us that they were not informed.”
Oyo State Government Shuts Obasanjo Farms in Ibadan Reviewed by FOW 24 News on September 19, 2018 Rating: 5 Oyo state government on Tuesday close down the business premises of Obasanjo Farms, situated in Oluyole Industrial Estate, Ibadan. 

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