
Ben Ayade Weeps As He Abolishes Tax For Poor People
As part of COVID-19 palliatives and in furtherance of the State tax exemption law, the Cross River state governor Sir Ben Ayade on Wednesday inaugurated the anti-tax Agency with a charge to ensure small that scale businesses and peasant farmers enjoy tax holiday.
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He insisted that the poor must be protected.
He said it better for him to “task my brain” than to expect tax from people who are still struggling.
The governor said as he went round the state, he noticed the level of poverty which has …