I've heard stories about regular stops by Lagos state officials who after asking for your relevant papers now ask for your tax receipt, took it all with a pinch of salt till last week. Was driving to the surulere office, sighted some VIO officials ahead of me ....feeling smug with myself.... i drove on, expecting to breeze past or worst case if im stopped, scream at them that... cant they see its a 2007 model so exempted from 'road worthiness' checks. well i did get stopped start my rant and the guy let me vent out and tells me he has the right to check all my papers...that was new one...and 3 of his other huge looking colleagues had surrounded my car.... well i ate my humble pie and gave him my papers of which he says they were good, but he would like to see the original of my drivers license...this would be gist for another day... well i didnt have it,which he says the copy i had looked fake and they needed the original to verify...had a flashback to a friend who got stopped for a fake drivers license story, and spent a day their office parted with N5,000 as a fine and had to pay a tax fine of N11,000.... well he said i needed to go bring my originals while they impound my car and cos he likes me he would advise me to come with my tax receipt...and i ask why..he points to another dude whom he says is waiting to ask for that and if i didnt have it thats another offence.... seems the dude didnt know he was talking to an ibo dude....
well i lambasted them for stopping me, made a call to a friend at the governors office who told me he couldnt do anything that the government even stops officials like him...ok i broke a sweat or two... well i switched to the line that my dad is a major general, and i would leave this car with them and get them locked up if i have to come back for it, well they looked more pissed, luckily saw a soldier walking along the way and hailed the dude over....with authority..lol..liver full.... the guy walks up and i ask him if he knows my dad....luckily it was a dumb soldier.. he stammers yes and i told him to warn these nitwits, well as he walks over to them and i feign going to get my other phone in the car...the guy blocking me had walked around to confront the soldier.....boy did i jump in and burn rubber... surprised i didnt wear of the tyres.
Well after that day i started asking around and heard stories about people being stopped to demand their tax papers most times some Lagos officials in company of policemen go around shops to demand same even from artisans.
Well my coy has got a Tax clearance, getting mine now becomes an issue, went to the local govt and all the nitwits i asked didnt know what i was talking about , finally got referred to ikeja, but how do i get there without getting stopped , cos now i rarely drive during the day. i need to get my tax paid...AND SO DO YOU. But the govt can make it easier by proper adverts on locations and modes of payments.
ALSO CONFIRM IF YOU DRIVERS LICENSE IS ACTUALLY ORIGINAL.
well im sending someone over to alausa, a friend says he can help there!!!
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