By Peter Okutu

ABAKALIKI—The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Ebonyi State Office has begun sealing off of business offices that have defaulted in their tax payment.

The Controller of FIRS in the State, Comrade Effiong Kenneth who stated this in Abakaliki added that the measure was one of the new strategies adopted by the agency to drive up revenue generation.

FIRS boss, Tunde Fowler

According to him, the measure is now paying off as the office of the agency in Abakaliki is now a beehive of activities with people thronging the office to pay their taxes in order to get their offices reopened or to avoid being shut down.

“We know things are difficult, but this does not exonerate tax payment. It is the duty of a good citizen to pay his tax. As a Christian, it is a sin not to pay tax because our Lord Jesus humbly did it, so that the worldly government will not be disrupted.

“At a time external revenue from oil is dwindling, while government responsibilities is increasing, it is left for government to look inwards.”