Market Traders’ Association of Nigeria (MATAN) Ondo State has commenced the process of recruiting over 1000 unemployed youths that will serve as agents and project managements in direct collection of Value Added Tax across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state.
MATAN under the leadership of Aare (Comrade) Adebowale Adebayo Stephen at the interview of some the agents in his office in Akure, the state capital recently said that MATAN has been saddled with responsibility by Federal Government to collect VAT directly from market people.
Adebowale who doubled as Babaloja General and Chairman of MATAN Ondo State while speaking with the Democrat News Magazine in Akure during the exercise Ondo State, said: “MATAN is the only organization that Federal Government empowered to generate income tax and VAT directly.
Executive Chairman of MATAN, used the opportunity to charge all of them to show High level of discipline and accountability saying that it will require such to make head ways in the job.
On his part, Alhaji Afroroloagba Hassan, Babalaje of Ondo State General and Voice Chairman of MATAN at the event called on all that will be beneficiaries to as a matter of importance show themselves worthy of the opportunity.
Afroroloagba noted MANTA under the leadership of Comrade (Chief) Adebowale Stephen, has long term and immediate plans for rapid transformation of the people.
Some of the beneficiaries of the programme expressed their hearts felt joy saying that it would go a long way to meet their need and to support their families a great deal.