Nigeria: Gov. Ododo bows to pressure, stops tax clearance for student registration in Kogi schools — Africa Links 24

Following pressures from different quaters, Governor Ahmed Ododo of Kogi on Wednesday directed the stoppage of Tax Clearance Certificate, TCC, as prerequisite for students’ registration into tertiary institutions.

Sule Enehe, Chairman, Kogi State Revenue Services, KGSIR, made the disclosure in a press conference held in Lokoja.

The Kogi government had on January 8, declared that the presentation of parents’ Tax Clearance Certificate, TCC, was a mandatory condition for admission…