The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged communication giant, the MTN Nigeria to comply with the directive of the Federal Government to pay the over $10 billion as tax arrears and illegal repatriation.
Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC president, made the call in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Specifically, he said the NLC will advice MTN to comply, without further delay, the directive of the Federal Government to pay $2 billion in tax arrears.
“This is as well as the $8.13 billion illegally repatriated to South Africa over which four indigenous banks have been fined.
”We similarly urge the Federal Government to spare no effort in recovering this money as anything to the contrary will send wrong signals to other corporate organisations it had punished for lesser tax infractions.
The need to enforce this order is all the more compelling when it is realised that workers pay taxes they can ill-afford, but religiously pay all the same,” he said.
Wabba noted that government’s tax reforms have been skewed in favour of corporate organisations, there was no reason for a default.
He added that every taxable person is expected to pay his or her tax as and when due.
Wabba said: ”If companies default, with what is government expected to run the country or conduct its business?
”In our view, this incident does not only directly test the Thabo Mbeki Report on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, it is also a major crime against the government and people of Nigeria.
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