Clerics Speak On Tax Payment

<h4>Clerics Speak On Tax Payment<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that payment of taxes has been identified as not only a civic obligation but also scriptural and must be paid by all taxable adults&comma; irrespective of status&comma; gender or faith&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Bishop of Remo and Archbishop of Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos&comma; Archbishop Olusina Fape&comma; said this in Abeokuta&comma; during his sermon at the Ogun State Internal Revenue Service &lpar;OGIRS&rpar; New Year Prayer session&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Archbishop Fape&comma; while speaking on a topic&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Civic Obligations Are Biblical and Scriptural&&num;8221&semi;&comma; according to Mrs&period; Abolanle Ogunlami&comma; Head&comma; Information Unit&comma; OGIRS&comma; cited the book of Romans Chapter 13 verses 1 to 2 and 6 to 7&comma; pointing out that taxation was a divine arrangement&comma; as anyone who fails to pay taxes and those that are not faithful in collection of taxes are sinners&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;There should be no arbitrariness either in the payment or collection of taxes&semi; they must be based on right assessment&period; This is clear from the word of God&period; Whoever does not pay taxes&comma; no matter the status&comma; already sinned against <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">God<&sol;a>&&num;8220&semi;&comma; he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Archbishop admonished staff of the agency to do their job with the fear of God&comma; as they would be rewarded according to their deeds<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Even tax collectors in the bible were called sinners because they were collecting more than what they ought to&comma; in today&&num;8217&semi;s palance&comma; bribery and corruption&period; As you go about to do your God ordained job to achieve 2024 target&comma; embrace righteousness&semi; you will surely exceed your target because with righteousness in place&comma; there is no limit&&num;8221&semi;&comma; he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also speaking&comma; his counterpart in the Islamic religion&comma; the Chief Imam of African Mission&comma; Abeokuta Alhaji Hamid Olanrewaju&comma; taking his message from chapter 33 of the Holy Quran&comma; enjoined staffers to uphold the trust that government had in them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>T<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">he Executive Chairman of OGIRS&comma; Olugbenga Olaleye&comma; called for staff support&comma; more commitment and focus to achieve 2024 revenue target&comma; as he alone could not achieve it&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While appreciating the State Governor&comma; Prince Dapo Abiodun for his support&comma; Mr&period; Olaleye disclosed that a new Border Tax Office would be created at Oyo State border areas&comma; to cater for those working in the neighbouring towns&comma; just as all hands were on deck to achieve 2024 target&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;23674" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-23674" style&equals;"width&colon; 259px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-23674" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;01&sol;Untitled&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Clerics Speaks On Tax Payment" width&equals;"259" height&equals;"194" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-23674" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Islam<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;