The Lagos state House of Assembly has decided to adopt a law that will ensure that religious bodies in the state, churches and mosques pay taxes to the state government.
The House, which attempted to increase revenue in the state yesterday, issued a second reading yesterday, Bill billed the "Law on the Law on the Abolition of Land Use Bill 2001 and the Compensation for Land Use 2017 and for Related Purposes" that would check that it was land use in the country.
Speaker of the House, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, who presided over the plenary of the house, said the bill is all about increasing the revenue generation of the state.
Obasa said that the bill when passed will ensure more consultants are employed to help in collecting the land use charges in the state.
“We need more consultants to do the job so that the entire state could be covered in the collection of land use charge. Whatever tribunal that would be set up to deal with offenders should have the support of the government. On the issue of exemptions, we cannot exempt religious organisations because most of the worship centres are making money. We could only exempt Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs).”he said
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