Airtel to Sanwo-Olu: We've paid N1.1bn tax to LASG

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L-R: Executive Secretary/CEO, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr. Abdurrazaq Balogun; Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Managing Director/CEO, Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Segun Ogunsanya and the Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), DCP Tunji Disu, during the donation of mobile gadgets to LSSTF by Airtel Nigeria, at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Wednesday, December 11, 2019.

L-R: Executive Secretary/CEO, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr. Abdurrazaq Balogun; Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Managing Director/CEO, Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Segun Ogunsanya and the Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), DCP Tunji Disu, during the donation of mobile gadgets to LSSTF by Airtel Nigeria, at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Wednesday, December 11, 2019.

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya on Wednesday disclosed that the telecommunication company has paid a tax of N1.1 billion to the Lagos State Government.

Ogunsanya spoke when he led management of the company on a courtesy visit to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos to redeem its promise of donating 1,000 handsets, sim cards, airtime and undisclosed amount of money to the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF).

He said the company had come to redeem its promise to donate to the Lagos State Security Trust Fund, as the company had been in the forefront of supporting the state government and the residents.

Ogunsanya said available statistics revealed that the company had paid a payee tax of about N1.1 billion to the state government as of November this year, saying they had received letter of commendation from Lagos Inland Revenue Service as tax complaint firm.

Speaking, Sanwo-Olu called for deeper collaboration between the government and the private sector in order to revamp the education sector in the State.

He commended the telecommunication company for redeeming its promise to donate to the state’s security trust fund, saying the gesture would help to reposition and strengthen the security architecture of the state with high level of technology.

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The governor said the state government was excited to know that the telecom company had adopted a school in the state and also refurbished so many other facilities as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, saying the company could do more by adopting more schools in the three senatorial districts.

“We are not in any way abdicating our responsibilities, we have got over a thousand of them. We have to take early vacation for our primary schools because of the high level of training for our teachers. Right now as we speak we are training over 4,000 primary school teachers on an intensive and curriculum review training and learning culture. Once they come back next year they are not only going to have a well refurbished classrooms but teachers well trained and motivated with real skills and tools to work with,” he said.

Sanwo-Olu stated that the state government has had a robust relations and was a shareholder in the company when it was Econet Nigeria before it changed ownership, saying it was an investment that yielded a very good return for the state government at that time.

“We are excited that you are still with us, that we can still call you our friend. And more importantly, you have also demonstrated that you are not just a partner that you are a responsive corporate organisation. You have demonstrated to us that without you being notched that you have been carrying out your Social Corporate Responsibilities as a company on a regular basis.

He said, “ On behalf of the 22 million Lagosians whom you have actually done this to, I want to thank you, thank you so very much for keeping faith with us.’’

 

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