Also, petrol stations and cooking gas companies which were hitherto closed due to the strike have been open with long queues as motorists and residents struggle to buy the products. Electricity was also restored by the Transmission Companies of Nigeria and power has been restored to some parts of the state by the Kaduna Electric Distribution Company. However, other areas like Sabon Tasha, Unguwan Boro, Mahuta, Lagos Streets among other areas of the metropolis are still waiting for the Kaduna Electric to restore supply as at the time of filing this report. NAN reports that the NLC on Monday begun the five-day warning strike, a development that paralysed activities in the state, with governance and business owners counting huge economic losses.
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The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday sealed the headquarters of Kaduna Electric Distribution Company over alleged N464.5m tax default.
The headquarters of the Kaduna Electric, otherwise known as NEPA building, is located on Ahmadu Bello Way in the metropolis.
Some of the company’s outlets at Kawo, Ungwan Dosa, Tudun Wada were affected.
KADIRS’ Secretary and Legal Adviser, Aysha Mohammed, said the offices were sealed for not settling outstanding pay-as-you-earn and withholding taxes between 2012 and 2018.
She said apart from withholding tax, Kaduna Electric had been deducting PAYE from staff, but not remitting to KADIRS as required by law.
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The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) has sealed off the Headquarters of the Kaduna Electric Distribution Company over N464.5 million tax default.
Also sealed off, were the company’s Kawo Area Office, NDA Bus Stop, Unguwan Dosa Service Centre, Kawo Service Centre, and other offices located at Asikolaye and Tun Wada all in Kaduna metropolis.
The Board Secretary and Legal Adviser, KADIRS, Ms Aysha Mohammed, told newsmen, on Wednesday, after the exercise that the offices were sealed off for not settling outstanding Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) and Withholding Taxes between 2012 and 2018.
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