Popular Nollywood Actress Iyabo Ojo may be shutting down her business soon as she receives a tax bill of 38 million naira from the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, LIRS.
The fair-skinned Actress posted the tax bill on her Instagram page with a long caption that reads;
“Well, it’s so sad that I may have to finally close down my business soon… because I don’t even know how or where to start this negotiation with Lagos state from, I’m still struggling with making profit, after paying rent, salaries, maintenance, electricity, local and state govt taxes in different categories & levy, I hardly make little or no profit…My fellow Nigerians, I have been asked to pay almost 38m for my personal income tax to Lagos state ALMOST 38M NAIRA…Personal income bawo? #Lagosstate how? 2014-2017 I was still struggling with my small business in Ikeja like I’m still even doing now, or is it from my acting that we are poorly paid or from where now? Pls can someone help me explain how they arrive @ this calculations, almost 38m naira, please you people should kuku sell me, my self & I. i dont even know where you want me to get this kind of money from ……. E ma gba mi ke @jidesanwoolu ni bo ni mo ti fe ri iru owo to po to yii? Seriously, I’m not understanding @ all o. I be single mother with plenty bukata oooo, I’m confused….retiring looks like the best option o bcos doing business is very frustrating in Nigeria.”
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Here is a picture of the tax bill as seen on Pearlnews;
Iyabo Ojo made an appeal to the incumbent Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-olu asking him to look into the matter while taking into consideration that she is a single mother who is trying to survive in the city of Lagos.
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She ended the caption saying she might have to shut down her business because entrepreneurship in Nigeria can be very frustrating.