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Lagos State has no 5% levy on audio and visual contents of physical and digital platforms – Gbenga Omotoso

byTayo Aderinola
05/09/2020
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Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso
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There is no levy on Audio and Visual contents of all Physical and Digital Platforms in Lagos State.

This was contained in a press release signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso.

He stated that “the Executive Secretary, Lagos State Film and Video Censors Board, Mr. Bamidele Balogun, is said to have announced a 5% levy. The Government hereby dissociates itself from the said announcement in the media”.

Suspended Executive Secretary, Lagos State
Film and Video Censors Board, Mr. Bamidele Balogun

“The Executive Secretary, who was not authorised to make such an announcement, has been suspended, pending an administrative enquiry”.

“The fifth pillar of the T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda, the development policy of this Administration, is Entertainment and Tourism. Practitioners are partners in our effort to ensure that Lagos State remains Africa’s leader in entertainment”.

“The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Administration is not insensitive to the fact that the industry has been badly hit by the effects of the COVID -19 pandemic and empathises with this and other sectors of the economy”.

“All stakeholders in the Entertainment Industry are advised to disregard the said publication”. averred Gbenga Omotoso Commissioner, Information and Strategy.

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