Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has reiterated his administration\u2019s<\/p>\n
resolve to check multiple taxation in the state in order to attract
\ninvestors.<\/p>\n
Ikpeazu made the statement in Umuahia on Friday, when principal officers
\nfrom Aba Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ACCIMA)
\npaid him a visit.<\/p>\n
He said that the government had not authorised anybody to extort money
\nfrom people in the name of taxation, as Abia government had zero tolerance
\nfor touting. He warned that the government might be compelled to close
\ndown the Ministry of Works premises in Aba, if touts continued to use it
\nto launch attacks on innocent people under the guise of revenue
\ncollection.<\/p>\n
The governor said that though crime and criminality could not be entirely
\nwiped out because it is a social problem, the state had been peaceful.<\/p>\n
He said that the state recorded increase in crime rate during the protests
\nby the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB).<\/p>\n
He said that IPOB was infiltrated by hoodlums who hide under it to
\nperpetrate crime during protest.<\/p>\n
Ikpeazu urged the people of Abia to be vigilant, adding that the
\ngovernment was on top of the security situation and would not relent in
\nits efforts to combat crime.<\/p>\n
The President of ACCIMA, Mr Emmanuel Nwagbadolo, urged the government to
\naddress issues of touting, multiple taxation and kidnapping which had
\nbecome the order of the day in Abia and particularly in Aba.<\/p>\n
He warned that fears caused by ritual killings, kidnapping and touting
\nwere capable of discrediting the good vision of the administration.<\/p>\n
Nwagbodolo stressed the need for the government to check the increasing
\nrime rate in the state if it must be transformed to an investor\u2019s haven.
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