Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the state’s new land use charge as exploitative.
PDP said many residents were opposed to the revised law and will fight back by voting out the Governor Ambode led All Progressives Congress (APC) government in 2019.
Chairman of the party, Mr Moshood Salvador while speaking at the party ‘s General Assembly in Lagos on Thursday said residents had had enough of hikes in charges and fees by the state government.
“Just recently, the Lagos State government introduced a new land use charge which requires that Lagosians pay more on their property.
“Defending the new charge, the Commissioner for Information ,Mr Bamgbetan and his Finance counterpart yesterday granted a press interview and said the the new charge accommodates both the the tenement rate and the neighborhood improvement levy.
“They said the amount is payable by real estate property owners in the is charged based on the market value of the property multiplied by 40 per cent, multiplied by the applicable rate,” NAN quoted him as saying.
Salvador, however, said the only way to ensure the PDP takes over government to deliver good governance was for the residents to obtain their Permanent Voter Card and vote the party.
The party chairman said the assembly was organised to show how serious the party was for the 2019 general elections.
Salvador said he was impressed by the turnout of party members, saying it reflected his promise to grow the membership of party in leaps and bounds in the state.
“I made a promise to attract one million members to the party. People thought I was joking. What we have seen today is a reflection that our party is growing.
“This is just our first major assembly. And you can see the crowd. By the time we have the next one. I am sure the crowd will be more than this; this is what we are talking about. This is the new spirit in PDP”, he said.
In attendance were governorship candidate in the 2015 election, Mr Jimi Agbaje, and a member of the party ‘s Board of Trustee (BOT), Mrs Aduke Maina.
A chairmanship candidate of the KOWA party in the last council polls, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour defected to the PDP with his supporters at the event.
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