Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has warned revenue officers in the state against collecting taxes from petty traders and indigent people in the state.

Nwifuru who gave this warning while inaugurating members of the Revenue Appeal Commission, stated that it is cruel to tax vegetable sellers and other petty traders in the state.

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The Governor decried the activities of scrap dealers in the state stressing that Ebonyi residents have experienced enormous economic losses owing to criminal activities of some of the scrap dealers. He revealed his plan to establish enabling laws to checkmate surreptitious activities of scrap dealers, noting that his administration could not fold its arms and watch criminals cash out on the hard earnings of citizens.

Nwifuru also called on the people to avoid siting of markets indiscriminately without government approval, stressing that such activities can disrupt government’s development plans.

“There is no city that everywhere can be market. If it is not a plaza or shopping mall, you cannot open shops along the road,” Nwifuru said.