OYO GOVT. DEMANDS SECURITY LEVY FROM RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS
Oyo State government is set to begin the collection of annual security levy from religious organizations in the state are as part of efforts to strengthen the state security trust fund for improved policing in the state.
This was made known in fliers distributed by the Oyo State Security Trust Fund.
According to its classification of the sectors into large, medium and small, manufacturing and services are to pay N100,000, N80,000, N60,000 in that order while trading, agriculture and forestry including solid minerals were pegged at N80,000, N50,000 and N30,000 respectively.
Religious bodies and others were fixed for N60,000, N40,000 and N20,000 respectively.
At the security stakeholders’ meeting held at the House of Chiefs, Agodi Secretariat, were the state Police Commissioner, Abiodun Odude and his team, army, area commanders of the DSS, Customs, NSCDC, NDLEA, CSOs of all the banks and representatives of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria.
Governor Abiola Ajimobi who was represented by Deputy Governor, Moses Adeyemo, said the meeting was necessitated by the need for an anticipatory approach to counter and forestall any such happenings in the state.
“It is with pride that I can inform you that there has been no successful armed robbery incident in any bank in Oyo State since our assumption of office and we intend to maintain the feat recorded so far.”
More Stories
24-YEAR-OLD MAN COMMITS SUICIDE IN OGUN
A 24-year-old man, identified as Dada Adesonye, has reportedly died by suicide after hanging himself to a tree in the...
LAGOS GOVT PARTNERS CELSIR TO LAUNCH JUVENILE EDUCATION PROGRAMME
In a bid to ensure that the inmates in the State Correctional Centres are not deprived of quality education, the...
MAN WHO DIED AFTER JUMPING INSIDE LAGOS CANAL NOT CHASED BY POLICE – HUNDEYIN
On Wednesday, a tragic incident occurred in the Ipaja area of Lagos State when a young man who was allegedly...
VIDEO: KAI ARREST MISCREANTS, ILLEGAL SQUATTERS IN LAGOS
The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps’ officials, also known as KAI, have arrested several miscreants and squatters in the Ozumba...
VIDEO: LAGOS DEMOLISHES MORE BUILDINGS BLOCKING DRAINAGE CHANNELS
In an effort to prevent flooding, the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources has continued the removal...
UPDATE: JIGAWA TANKER EXPLOSION DEATH TOLL RISES TO 167
A tanker explosion in Jigawa State's Taura Local Government Area has killed 167 people, according to state governor Umar Namadi....