Adults In Imo To Pay Compulsory N3000 ‘Development Levy’ – Okorocha

Imo State governor, Rochas Okorochas, has told all leviable adults in his state to pay the sum of N3000 each as “development levy”.

The order was contained in a statement on Thursday by Louis Duru, the state Commissioner for Community Government, Culture and Traditional Affairs.

Duru, who said the state had already registered 2,000 leviable adults, noted that the money is to be used for “autonomous community adult development”.

Okorocha also directed all 637 recognised autonomous communities in the state to pay the minimum adult development levy fee of N6 million to the state government “without further delay”.

The governor said that any community that fails to pay the levy, its traditional rulers will have their allowances or salaries suspended.

“To facilitate the payment, the state government through the ministry of CGC, since September 2016, has provided community adult registers for all autonomous communities in the state where the communities will enlist the names of at least 2000 leviable adults”, the statement read.

“Consequently, His Excellency Owelle Anayo Rochas Okorocha has directed that all recognised autonomous communities in Imo State should pay the minimum adult development levy of N6,000,000 (Six million Naira only) without further delay.

“Any recognised autonomous community that fails to pay the development levy will be merged with sister autonomous community that had paid and the salaries/allowances of the traditional ruler will be suspended.

“Government has concluded arrangements to embark on sensitisation meetings with traditional rulers at the local government areas to further emphasize His Excellency’s directives and monitor compliance.”