Kaduna Board of Internal Revenue seals off school in Zaria

In continuation of its drive to  improve in it internally generated revenue, the Kaduna State Board of Internal Revenue yesterday sealed off the Zaria children’s school for it inability to settled it tax liability from 2009 till date which amounted to N2.3million.

In an operation led by  Ado Usman Garba the  head of  enforcement  unit of the board,  which included other  board officials, the  media and security operatives, the board sealed off the  principal’s office and the administrative block with a distrain order  in accordance with section 104 of the personal income tax liabilities ,after officials of the school failed to give out a clear cut on how they intend to settle their accumulated tax liability after various correspondence with the management.

Speaking to newsmen after the exercise the  executive chairman of the board Alhaji Ahmed  Jibril said the exercise is a continues one  and the board had no option than to sealed off the  school as the management has failed to meet up to its responsibility of settling it tax deficit despite their huge  annual generated income. He said the board intends to go round other parts of the state in it bid to improve the state internally generated revenue which will assist the government in meeting up to its promises to the people and help fast track development in the state in general. He called on those still owing the state to as a matter of urgency settle their outstanding tax liability and avoid an embarrassing situation of having their premises sealed.

T.Y Danjuma Foundation partners ACCIF to train disables

A ray of  hope recently shone on some physical  challenged  people living in Kaduna  state has the  T.Y Danjuma Foundation in collaboration with a popular NGO in  the state  the All  Children Charity Foundation (ACCIF)  has promised and finalized arrangement to train  40 most vulnerable people with disabilities in the state on various skills.

This was made known by the Team Leader of ACCIF, Barrister Mrs. Ranti B. Daudu at a media interactive session with stakeholders held at ACCIF training centre Barnawa Kaduna. In a welcome address at the well attendee session, she reinstates ACCIF commitement to assist the physically challenged people in the society and train them to be productive member of the society as well. She informed the gathering that ACCIF was organized 7 years ago as a non – government organization with the purpose of joining hands with stakeholders to promote and defend the rights of the physically challenged children and young people with disabilities such as hearing, visually impaired, physically challenged, autistic, educationally challenged, emotionally disturbed, cerebral palsy, chronic diseases, mental illness and the less privileged.

While enumerating some of the achievements of the NGO which includes the reconstruction of Kaduna State Special Education School Clinic which has over 900 specially challenged students and also commissioned a computer class room for the same school. She said the current collaboration with the T.Y Danjuma foundation was an initiative to stem the tide of the neglect of people living with disabilities who over the years have been neglected from policy issues and welfares schemes.

According to her “  it is important to note that young people living with disabilities have been relatively neglected  from policy issues and welfare schemes, they are confronted with a situation where they are discriminated in area of jobs even when they qualify, emphasis has been on  abled bodied persons, this has created a state of powerlessness, economic burden, negative societal attitude  and constant reliance on others to be their voice and survival, street begging and the female have been sexually exploited and abused.” She noted.  ACCIF, she said with support from the T.Y Danjuma foundation is to train and empower 40 most vulnerable young people living with disabilities in tailoring, computer and shoe making to enhance their capacity for self reliance.

Speaking at the occasion the representative of the Australian consulate Engr. Hermman Hulfnag, who also is a board member of ACCIF, appreciated the initiative and the qualitative skills of the Nigerian physical challenged. He advocated for a free trade shop for the disables as being practiced in Australian and promised to assist the body in whatever capacity necessary and also ensure that their finished products are adequately patronized by his consul and friends.

 In a thank you address, the state chairman of the Joint National Association of People living with Disability, Mallam  Rilwanu Mohammed Abdullahi thanked the organizers and specifically ACCIF for the humanitarian assistance it has been rendering the association over the years and called for  the setting up of a monitoring team to  monitor the progress of the training during and after the exercise.