Hotel Owners In Imo Threaten Shutdown

Hoteliers in Imo State have threatened to withdraw their services if the state’s Environmental Transformation Commission (ENTRACO) continues to harass and illegally collect fees from its members.

Briefing reporters on Saturday, the Imo State branch chairman of the association of hoteliers, Chima Chukwuyenre, alleged that the commission, despite the ban on consultants from collecting revenues in the state, had gone ahead to engage consultants to demand fees they ascribed as fines accrued since 2018 from the hoteliers.

“‘Government has ordered the disengagement of consultants, but they are still demanding illegal fees from us, it ranges from N800,000 to N1 million.

“And they have chosen to do this now when the fate of the hospitality business is shaky because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are calling on the state government to call them to order or we would shut down all hotels in Imo,” Chukwuyenre threatened.