THE Federal Inland Service (FIRS), has continued its crackdown on tax-defaulting companies, sealing off their premises in Lagos and Abuja.

In Lagos, the team led by Mr. Umar Bukar Gana sealed off Mayssa International Limited, situated at 202 Etim Inyang Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos, over a tax debt of N133.8 million.

The managing director, who identified himself as Mr. Robert, told the team that while the company owes, the debt is not on the scale the FIRS claimed. He added that the organisation is making efforts to pay what it owes, an assurance that did not impress the team, which shut down its premises.

The team also shut Modesty Properties Limited, situated at 255 Muri Okunola Street, for a tax liability of N30.7 million. The exercise also affected Joza Global Logistics Limited, situated at 8 Ribadu Road Ikoyi, which was shut for owing N62.4million.

In Abuja, the FIRS team leader, Mrs. Ruth Mandeun ordered the sealing of the premises of Hakimco Automobiles Limited at the city’s Central Business District. The company is indebted to the tune of N335,902. The manager claimed to have paid the debt, but when given 30 minutes to produce evidence of payment, he disappeared and the company was shut.