By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The Abia State Liaison office of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, RHA, was among hundreds of properties, including residential buildings, that were on Tuesday November 25,2025 sealed by the Abia State Government in Umuahia, the state capital and Aba the state’s commercial nerve centre .
The Source reports that the action was sequel to the expiry of notices of demand for the payment of property tax/rents (recertification fees) posted by the State Ministry of Land.
The Lands Ministry officials sealed off President Tinubu’s RHA office located on Ojike Street Umuahia early in the morning for alleged failure to comply with the demand notice, several months after service.
Access was refused by workers at the Liaison office which coordinator in the state and other South Eastern states is the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu.
“Ministry of Lands and Housing: This property is in contravention of Sections 41 and 100 of the Abia State Tax Law ( Codification and Consolidation ) law No 7 of 2020.,. And it is here by sealed .
“Any person, including the owner/ occupier, neighbours or passers-by who attempt to unseal this building is in contravention of the Abia state tax law No 7 of 2020. Be warned . Keep off.
It would be recalled that some months back, the Ministry of Lands had posted the demand notices on most properties in Umuahia and Aba requesting the payment for the recertification of the said structures by their owners.
The fees ranged from N50,000 and above depending on the type of property involved.
Checks by this Magazine indicated that most residential and commercial buildings in Umuahia and Aba were served with the notices, which also threatened court action against defaulters .
The policy which was muted earlier in the year as one of the measures to shore up the internally generated revenue IGR profile of the state has remained one of the most unpopular decisions ever taken by the present administration in the state.
Defeaning agitations have continued to trail it, with not a few perceiving it as an unnecessary additional burden on the people already pauperized by the excruciating economic situation in the country.
As at the time of reporting ,the Deputy Speaker, who has been having a running battle with the camp of the Governor Alex Otti over his speculated gubernatorial ambition was yet to react to the sealing off of the President’s liaison office.
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