Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, Christopher Maikalangu, has warned defaulting hoteliers to pay their revenues or risk having their hotels sealed.
Maikalngu who gave the warning in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs, to the AMAC chairman, Kingsley Madaki, on Wednesday in Abuja, also said that the area council has strictly followed the law and served them 14 days demand notice.
The statement in parts “He said that the area council has availed them with its account number, even as he warned that anybody that paid to another account number would be on his or her own.
“Responding to questions on double taxations the hoteliers have been decrying, he said that AMAC only collects liquor license, and business premises permit, among others, adding that one notice is usually given, and since the area council has done that according to him, the task force will start work on Monday.
“The chairman said he has fulfilled his promises to provide transformers and other facilities where there were none during his campaign, even as he stated that such facilities were usually provided through revenue generated from business operators in the area council.
“On the collection of taxes and other revenues by Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), he informed that the FCTA or any of its agencies, like the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) lacked the jurisdiction to collect revenue from business operators, saying that they are not area council.
“The chairman appealed to them to cooperate with the area council, as well as strictly follow the rules and regulations for their interest and that of the government, adding that the government, as an agent, is for the good of the citizens.”
