“Adults To Pay ₦3,000 Each As Autonomous Community Adult Development Levy”

“Adults To Pay ₦3,000 Each As Autonomous Community Adult Development Levy” – Rochas Okorocha

The Imo State government led by Governor Rochas Okorocha has instituted a new levy for adults and communities in his state.

Human rights activist Professor Chidi Odinkalu on Twitter, shared the photo of a letter sent to communities across the state, informing them of the new levy.

Imo State’s Rochas Okorocha is asking every “leviable adult” for N3k & each Autonomous Community, N6m. #Banditry pic.twitter.com/TM5WhCEZAU

— Chidi Odinkalu (@ChidiOdinkalu) April 19, 2018

Every community is expected to provide the names of at least 2,000 “leviable adults” who pay the sum of ₦3,000 (three thousand Naira) each, known as the “Autonomous Community Adult Development Levy.”

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The letter said that therefore, each “Autonomous Community” is to pay a minimum of ₦6,000,000 (six million Naira).

Salaries and allowances of the traditional rulers of communities that fail to pay will be suspended, the letter said.

Read the letter below: