Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has warned that the Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo’s ‘taxation regime’ is making life unbearable and pushing more residents of theState into poverty.
According to HURIWA, Soludo’s ‘utopian’ mindset and policies cannot work for Anambra people
HURIWA noted that since his inauguration on March 17, 2022, the former CBN governor had introduced various kinds of taxes on the poor in Anambra.
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Commenting, HURIWA’s Onwubiko said, “Theapproach of Governor Soludo is most unfortunate because he has largely targeted the poor with his regime of unbearable taxation instead of the rich who have perfected the art and act of evading taxes in hundreds of millions of naira.
“The governor’s heavy taxation on the poor is akin to muzzling the ox when it is treading out the grain which is unrealistic and unnatural.
“Governor Soludo should stop comparing Anambra to Lagos to justify his desperation to tax the poor to death; he should rather focus on the extremely rich and average individuals who are not in the tax net.”
“This is because his anti-poor tax regime has impoverished more residents of the State,” the group added.
The human rights advocacy group, therefore, called on the Governor Soludo administration to effect a swift change of governance and adopt a more people-friendly approach that will lift up the poor.
(Chrysora)
