Most businesses in Ebonyi state have closed down while some have relocated to other states within the country (Nigeria) and the few ones still in the state have no choice but to stay and leave their faith to God Almighty pending when another governor with good heart would be elected to lead Ebonyi state nicely come 2019, certainly not governor David Umahi. Most probably those few ones left behind in Ebonyi state have no where to relocate their business so they have to stay and receive governor David Umahi’s harsh governance which is being administered in Ebonyi state. Two days ago on Friday, September 23, 2016, governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state sent the men of board of internal revenue (his radical tax collectors) and some police officers to the mechanic village in Abakaliki (Ebonyi state) to collect taxes which he imposed on the ordinary mechanics who are trying hard to make a living there. According to Viewers Corner News correspondent who was on the ground when the ugly incident happened, the mechanics were imposed fourteen thousand Naira (N14,000) per year on taxes by David Umahi’s government, these poor mechanics who are trying to feed their families at this critical period told the tax collectors who went to collect the money that they did not have such money (N14,000). At that point those that went to collect the tax from the board of internal revenue including some police men became aggressive to the mechanics/panel beaters and fight ensued which left one person dead and lots of people wounded. The commissioner of police in Ebonyi state was informed immediately about the problem so he urgently sent police officers in their large numbers to the mechanic village and they arrested so many people in the mechanic village and equally sealed off the mechanic village in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state. Another surprising and terrible aspect is that governor David Umahi who has no knowledge of governance and does not care about the welfare of the Ebonyi state people appointed a former party chairman, Hon. Ama Oti Ugorji as the head of the board of internal revenue. Hon. Ama Oti Ugorji is a politician and has no knowledge of the business concerning the internal revenue system, normally such position should be headed by a civil servant who is conversant with the operation of the internal revenue division and this bring us again to the issue of MISPLACEMENT OF PRIORITY which we have discussed in our previous articles and this has always been the problem facing Nigeria as a great nation. However we shall throw more lights on this issue in our next article.
As at the time of this publication, the mechanic village in Abakaliki (Ebonyi state) is still sealed by the commissioner of police who is working hand in hand with governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state. Viewers Corner News and the advisory team would want to remind governor David Umahi that in a democratic system of government, the people should be treated nicely. Using iron hand on them has shown that you are not the right person to lead the state, your tax policies which you imposed on the poor people of Ebonyi state is hurting them so badly. In some states in Nigeria, governors are planning to abolish some taxes in their states so as to make things a bit easier for the people they are leading and one such example is governor Willy Obiano of Anambra state who is a great man and has abolished some taxes in his state. Governor Willy Obiano of Anambra state shall always be blessed by God Almighty for being there for the people of Anambra state and Nigeria in general, but look at David Umahi of Ebonyi state imposing taxes on the poor people who have no good means of livelihood. How do you think you can escape God’s judgement when the time comes?
All you do is to hurt the people of your state you are leading, your terrible system is already known to the citizens of Nigeria and also to the international community. As long as you are treating the people you are leading wrongly, it shall never be hidden, right now the world is aware of all your wicked system towards the people of Ebonyi state which is not a good record for you and your government. We also observed that out of frustration, the mechanics and panel beaters destroyed some of the vehicles the tax collectors came with and also injured some of them. If your government is sincere, this is not how tax collection should be carried out in your state, a more reasonable approach should be employed instead of going to the mechanic village to create havoc like you and your government just did. However we shall continue to plead with the good people of Ebonyi state to be prepared for 2019 so that governor David Umahi would be voted out of office, we can no longer tolerate his terrible system of governance. The pain is too much for the people of Ebonyi state to bear, we say no and never, David Umahi will not lead us again come 2019. We are tired of your harsh treatment towards us in Ebonyi state.
Source: Viewers Corner News, Germany.