Land Use Charge Archives

Lagos To Allow Media Review Bills Before Passage To Laws

April 9, 2018 0

Lagos State government has promised to allow members of the media to review and critique bills coming from the state before such will be passed into laws. This is to forstal protests and agitation such as those that greeted the passage of the Land Use Charge law that recently aggrieved some members of the public before the government backtracked. Commissioner …

Second Term:Ambode Lauds Clerics On Bid, Land Use Charge

March 24, 2018 0

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has commended religious bodies in the state for their support of the amended Land Use Charge and their unanimous endorsement of his second term in office. His message was conveyed to the clergymen by the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. AbdulHakeem AbdulLateef, who expressed the appreciation of the state government to the body of religious leaders …

Lagos Govt Reduces Land Use Charge Amidst Protests

March 15, 2018 0

Lagos State government on Thursday shifted its position, owing to pressure from Lagosians, on the vexed issue of amended Land Use Charge Law. In a press briefing at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Ikeja, attended by top state executives, Commissioner for Finance, AkinyemiAshade, said the reverse in the position of the state government was occasioned by the fact that governor …

Land Use Charge: NBA, Civil Society Groups Lead Protest Over Increment

March 13, 2018 0

Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) National Conscience Party (NCP), Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) and Joint Action Committee (JAC) have expressed their disapproval of the 2018 Land Use Charge Law in Lagos state. The groups did this by storming Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja, on Tuesday,in protest against the hike in levies charged by the …

Land Use Charge: We’ll ameliorate stakeholders’ issues–Ambode

March 12, 2018 0

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, on Monday, reassured residents of the state that the dialogue with stakeholders on the new Land Use Charge Law would bring about “a positive outcome in the overall interest of the people going forward.” He said the state government would come out with a positive position to ameliorate the issues raised by stakeholders on the …

Land Use Charge: 400% increment based on arrears, says Lagos Government

March 7, 2018 0

Lagos State government has said that the purported 400 percent increase to the Land Use Charge is not only erroneous but misleading,saying the calculations were based on arrears. Making clarifications regarding the amended Land Use Charge,Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Akinyemi Ashade, stressed that the government was not unaware of the reactions of a section of the public on the …

Lagos Appeals For Cooperation As Land Use Charge Implementation Begins

February 26, 2018 0

Lagos State has begun the distribution of the 2018 Land Use Charge demand notices for properties across the state. The distribution which commenced last week ought to have been carried out much earlier in the year, but was delayed by a review of the Land Use Charge Act by the State House of Assembly. The review process entailed …

Revenue Collection: Lagos Bans Cash Payment

February 19, 2018 0

Lagos State will no longer accept cash payment in revenue collection effective from March 1, 2018, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has said. He made this known on Monday after he paid his Land Use Charge, at the Opebi branch of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) in the presence of top management staff of the bank. Governor Ambode said the measure was aimed …