Lagosians back Sanwo-Olu’s position on VAT, open grazing

Lagosian support the Lagos State Value Added Tax (VAT) Law and the Anti-Open Grazing Bill passed by the State House of Assembly, Checkout Magazine learnt.

According to a poll result showed on Thursday, 86 percent of participants of the survey support the two legislations that got accelerated hearing and passage by the House of Assembly.

The VAT Bill was signed into law by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on September 10. He is expected to sign the Anti-Open Grazing Bill into law soon.

The poll, undertaken by a Lagos-based public relations and ICT consultancy firm, FREDDAN Continental Services, was conducted via Short Message Services (SMS) from between September 12 and 15.

According to the result, most of the participants agreed that the domestication of VAT collection will shore up Lagos capacity to deliver dividends of democracy to residents.

The survey data, was made available to newsmen yesterday by FREDDAN’s Executive Director, Olufemi Lawson, showed that over 50,000 residents across the 20 local government areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) received the SMS poll. They were contacted on the platforms of major telecommunication networks.

The councils are: Agege, Alimosho, Apapa, Ifako-Ijaye, Ikeja, Kosofe, Mushin, Oshodi-Isolo, Shomolu, Eti-Osa, Lagos, Island, Lagos Mainland, Surulere, Ojo, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Amuwo-Odofin, Badagry, Ikorodu, Ibeju-Lekki and Epe.

The message, sent to the recipients through their mobile phone numbers, reads: “Do you support Governor Sanwo-Olu’s Bill on VAT and Anti-Open Grazing? VOTE YES OR NO”.

In their responses, 21,125 out of the 24,564 participants voted “YES” to register their support for the governor’s decision. Three thousand, four hundred and thirty-nine resident sent ‘NO’ to register their opposition to VAT and Anti-Open Grazing Bill legislations.

The remaining 25,436 residents were yet to turn in their responses before the survey ended.

The statistics amounted to about 86 per cent in favour and 14 per cent against respectively.

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