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Lagos govt revokes 2018 land use charge
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday revoked the 2018 Land Use Charge.
The land use charge was signed by the immediate past governor of the state, Akinwumi Ambode, on February 8, 2018.
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The state’s Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Rabiu Olowo, who disclosed this at a press briefing at the Lagos Secretariat, Ikeja, said the government reverted to the pre-2018 land use charges.
He added that the land charges for 2017, 2018, and 2019 had also been waived.
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