Edo State Government has reportedly sealed some offices at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) including the Office of the Vice-Chancellor over alleged tax evasion.
According to report gathered by Igbere TV, the offices were sealed early Monday by officials of the Edo State Board of Internal Revenue (BIR).
The other affected offices were the Bursary, Open Registry and Senate Chamber.
UNIBEN’s spokesman, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, however, disproved the report, saying the institution’s offices were not sealed.
Ehanire said: “As you can see, I am in my office working. My boss is also in her office working. The office was not sealed.”
Some members of staff of UNIBEN who said tax deductions were made from their salaries monthly.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the workers wondered why the taxes were not remitted to the state government after they were deducted from their salaries.
They blamed the default in tax remittances to the government on the past administration, given that the current Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Lilian Salami, assumed office on December 2.
Igbere TV further learnt that tax officers who sealed the offices declined to speak.
