No fewer
than twenty branches of new generation banks have been sealed over failure to
pay the annual environmental levy to the purse of Oyo state government in
Ibadan, the state capital.
Owojela's
Blog reports that the banks were sealed on Monday.
It was
gathered that activities of banking operations in areas such as Dugbe, Mokola,
Idi-Ape, Iwo Road, Secretariat Road, Challenge, Jericho, Bodija and UI were
totally paralysed on Monday morning when the combined task force team of the
Oyo State Inter-ministerial Enforcement Unit swoop on the financial institutions
to enforce compliance.
No fewer
than twenty different branches of banks in the areas were shut with seal
notices as at 9 a.m during the operation.
Some of the
affected banks include, Diamond, Stanbic IBTC, Skye, FCMB and Heritage banks.
A source
within the government enforcement team who spoke with journalists in confidence
informed that the affected banks defaulted in the payment of the annual
environmental development levies.
Owojela's
Blog gathered that prior to today’s operation, the Oyo State Board of Internal
Revenue (OYBIR), had last month issued a 14 day ultimate to all taxpayers in
the state to pay up all outstanding dues and levies to the coffers of
government.
Chairman of
the Board, Mr Bicci Alli had warned that the agency would embark on massive
enforcement to seal up all erring corporate organisations on the expiration of
the ultimatum.
Alli added
that the enforcement team decided to focus on banks to serve as deterrent to
other defaulting corporate organisations.
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