By Daily Sports on February 3, 2018

The Executive Chairman of Lagos State Sports Commission, Dr Kweku Tandoh led a team of management staff of the Commission on a courtesy visit to the office of Lagos Inland Revenue Service, LIRS in Alausa, Ikeja in a bid to seek for the support of the agency.

Tandoh informed the LIRS Chairman, Mr. Ayodele Subair, who received him and the Commission team in company of the agency’s management. It would be recalled, that the LIRS has been a great supporter, but he remarked that he would love to see more support in the new dispensation at the Sports Commission.

“We always enjoyed the service of buses the LIRS usually gave us whenever we were having international competitions, this we are so much grateful of, but like Oliver Twist, we are here today to ask for more of this support, and more importantly financial support for our various programmes, ” he said.

Tandoh who was the former Director of Sports in Lagos State told his hosts how the Sports Commission has always been tax compliance, adding that his administration at the commission will henceforth ensure that contractors handling the Commission’s projects would show evidence of tax compliance before they will be considered for jobs.

In his response, the LIRS chief said the agency will continue to give its support within its limited resources. Subair added that the Sports Commission has a big role to play to empower the youths by engaging them in their various sports discipline.

He therefore enjoined the Sports Commission to focus more on lesser sports, insisting that gone are the days when there were lots of competitions in sports such as Table Tennis, Basketball, Athletics and others.  He said too much emphasis on football kills interest in other sports in Nigeria.

“As part of our responsibility, the LIRS is seeking the Sports Commission’s permission to erect sign posts in various stadia and sports centres in Lagos State to educate the citizens on the importance of paying taxes,” he said.

•Photo shows, L-R; Director General of Lagos State Sports Commission, Mr. Babatunde Bank-Anthony, Chairman LIRS, Mr. Ayodele Subair and Chairman of the Sports Commission, Dr. Kweku Tandoh at the LIRS Office.

Source Daily Sports

Posted February 3, 2018

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