Categories: EconomyOsun

Osun Shuts OAU Over 1.8 Billion PAYE

By Sodiq Lawal The Osun State Internal Revenue Service has closed down the Obafemi Awolowo University OAU, Ile-Ife over an alleged non-payment of taxes.

The official of IRS arrived the campus exactly 7:00am. Our correspondent gathered that officials of the revenue agency swooped on the university and sealed the Senate building, the administrative block and the bursary,the main gate along read seven but the lecture rooms and hostels were said to have been left untouched by the tax collectors.

Confirming the closure, Mr Oladipo Babatunde who led the team confirmed the closure saying the institution owed the state government about N 1.8 billion.

It would be recalled that the state government had earlier issued seven days ultimatum to the companies that owed the state government.

Recent Posts

Timi Canvasses Politics Of Inclusiveness As Omoluabi Progressives Meet Stakeholders In Ede Fed. Constituency

The Timi of Ede, Oba Munirudeen Adesola Lawal Laminisa I, has urged politicians to always…

3 hours ago

APC Chieftain Sues Ganduje Over Chairmanship Position

A former national chairmanship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC has dragged the chairman…

3 hours ago

Man Who Specialises In Stealing Phones During Church Service Arrested

A man who specialises in stealing phones at worship centres, Babatunde Olaoluwa, has been arrested…

3 hours ago

US-Based Nigerian Couple Found Guilty Of Forced Labour, Trafficking, Faces 20 Years In Prison

A federal jury in Camden, New Jersey, United States has found a Nigerian couple, Bolaji…

3 hours ago

Russia Places Zelensky On Criminal ‘Wanted’ List

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has been added to Russia's list of wanted criminals. However, Kyiv…

4 hours ago

Drama As Kidnappers Sleep Off After Abducting Pastor’s Wife In Ondo

There was drama has some suspected kidnappers who abducted a pastor’s wife and two other…

9 hours ago

This website uses cookies.