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Ben Ayade Weeps As He Abolishes Tax For Poor People

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 β€œtask 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 …