NIGERIA (Plateau)- The Executive Chairman of the Plateau Board of Internal Revenue, Mr. Samuel Pam, has disclosed that the state government has concluded arrangements to shut down all unregistered private primary and secondary schools in the state.

He said this on Friday while speaking with newsmen in Jos, the capital of Plateau State.

According to him, the board would carry out the exercise in collaboration with the Ministry of Education.

“The board in conjunction with the ministry of education has established an enforcement committee that will go round and fish out such schools.

“Some proprietors of the private schools as well as their staff have not been remitting any form of levy or revenue to the state coffers.

“Such private schools have been enjoying the social amenities provided by the state government at the detriment of other tax payers,” he said.

He added that henceforth, all registered schools would start paying their taxes through the banks instead of paying cash at the counter of the board, while urging unregistered schools to get properly registered in order to avoid being penalized.

The chairman urged individuals and corporate organisations to process their Tax Identification Numbers (TIN) as all revenue payments would be through it.

“If you have your TIN number you will not pay multiple taxes. TIN is a special number that will be given to either individuals or organisations that contains their details,” he said.