Revenue collectors, traders clash in Nnewi

The Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) collectors in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, yesterday, escaped mob  attack as they clashed with owners of business centres near Izuchukwu Junction.
Trouble started when the revenue agents approached owners of about fifteen shops and allegedly demanded that they should pay their IGR which the business operators claimed they had already paid into the bank and some to the local government council.
According to the protesting small scale business owners, the revenue collectors rejected the evidence of payment pasted on their various shops, arguing that they should have paid through an ATM system to the bank as newly introduced by the state government.
But the business owners insisted that since the money they paid was into government bank account they should not be requested to make another payment. Besides, the business owners claimed that those on the revenue drive told them that they were previously under assessed. This aggravated their (business owners) anger.
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