The African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Olufunso Doherty, has vowed to take it out on a tax firm – Alpha Beta Consulting – which has been at the centre of controversy over the State’s revenue receipts.
Doherty, who spoke on Sunday at The Platform debate in the Ikeja area of Lagos, said he would review all tax collections in Lagos if elected governor at the March 11 election.
“We will declare a state of emergency on the roads, flash points, rapid intervention mechanisms. We will ban the collection of tax levies on the highways,” he said.
“We will review the taxes and levies that are collected in general. We will launch a review of the Fourth Mainland Bridge; we will stop it and review that project.
“We will publish information on the Blue Line – how much have they spent? We will put in the public domain. We will unwind Alpha Beta. We will begin a public sector compensation survey, raise their compensation.”
Doherty said as governor of Lagos, he would be a principal and not an agent, controlled by some persons.
The ADC candidate also said he would ensure the upward review of the compensation of doctors, nurses, and other health workers in the State if elected. This, he believes, will reduce brain drain in the health sector.
Alpha-Beta reportedly handles the computation, tracking and reconciliation of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in Lagos.
Although Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) pulled out of the debate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party (LP) and Olajide Adediran of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) also shared their ideas to move Lagos forward.