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Revenue: AMAC task force commences shutdown of defaulting Abuja hotels

The chairman said the council had followed the law accordingly by serving the defaulting hoteliers 14 days demand notice.

• March 8, 2023
Christopher Maikalangu
Christopher Maikalangu

Authorities of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has warned hoteliers within the area council that its task force on revenue generation will begin to seal hotels that have failed to pay their dues from March 13.

AMAC chairman Christopher Maikalangu gave the warning in a statement signed by his spokesman Kingsley Madaki, on Wednesday in Abuja.

The chairman said the council had followed the law accordingly by serving the defaulting hoteliers 14 days demand notice.

He said a meeting with the Association of Hoteliers in the area council had also been held to discuss the importance of paying their revenue.

The chairman explained that revenue generated by the council had always been used to provide transformers as well as other facilities to residents of the area council.

He however cautioned the hoteliers to pay their dues to the appropriate account or come down to the area council for further direction.

(NAN)

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