The Kogi Government has declared that the presentation of parents’ Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC), is a mandatory condition for admission into tertiary institutions.
Mr Sule Enehe, Chairman, Kogi Board of Internal Revenue Services, announced the condition at a media chat in Lokoja on Wednesday.
Enehe said that the policy introduced two years ago at the Prince Abubakar Audu University, Ayingba, and Federal University, Lokoja, is targeted at shoring up the revenue profile of the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the policy has generated some controversy with some public and civil society organisations faulting it.
NAN also reports that some activists have threatened to challenge the policy in court, while describing it as counter productive.
But Enehe, while defending the move, said that the policy had good intentions.
“The decision of the Kogi government…
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