Reverend Dr Cyril Fayose, President of the Evangelical Presbyterian University College (EPUC), has appealed to the government to exempt Church-based tertiary institutions from paying tax.
�We do not make or declare profits in the first place� It means the question of paying taxes is a non-starter for those of us registered as companies limited by Guarantee.� Rev. Dr Fayose said at the seventh matriculation of the University.
He said �but for the Churches, we would not be able to expand infrastructure.�
Rev. Dr Fayose said institutions such as the EPUC rather needed government assistance to be able to produce the �best quality human resource for development.�
�Government must of necessity extend the GETFUND to private tertiary institutions for the provision of infrastructure, laboratories, research grants etc,� he said.
He said such assistance from government would be a practical demonstration of the recognition that it alone cannot bear the responsibility of expanding and providing the best educational opportunities for the citizenry unless in collaboration with the private partners.
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