Posted by In Ibadan, the state capital, the Oyo State Government on Tuesday put up barriers around some commercial banks and cell towers.
The Director of Land Use Charge, Olufisayo Ogunbiyi, and the enforcement team from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development said that the action was not unrelated to non-compliance with revenue payment to the state government coffers.
The commercial banks and the telecom companies had received notices before to the enforcement team’s arrival, he claimed. Their location would reopen for business once they paid the appropriate Land use fee.
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In order to prevent their operations from being affected while the exercise was still going on, Ogunbiyi emphasized that the government had zero tolerance for non-compliance with its regulations. He asked all company owners to make quick payment of charges to the government account.
Ratepayers can pay their land use charges online by downloading the Oyo State Property Reference System from the Google Play Store or the App Store, which will help them find the building or property and any outstanding land use charges, the official added.