Gwamnatin jihar Enugu ta sanar da tarho haraji saboda gawa a mortuaries, wanda ya zama batun tada hankali a tsakanin ‘yan jihar. Dole ne a biya haraji N40 kowanne yana barin gawa a mortuary idan ba a binne shi cikin sa’o 24 ba.
Wata takarda ta Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS) ta bayyana cewa harajin ya dogara ne da sashi na 34 na Dokar Haihuwa, Mutuwa, da Binnewa, Cap. 15 Revised Laws of Enugu State 2004. ESIRS ta ce harajin ba shi ne saboda samun kudade ba, amma don hana ‘yan jihar su bar gawa a mortuaries na tsawon lokaci.
Shugaban ESIRS, Emmanuel Nnamani, ya bayyana cewa harajin ba shi ne saboda ‘yan uwa na gawa ba, amma shi ne haraji mai watsi wanda malamai na mortuaries ke biya. Ya ce idan gawa ta ke a mortuary na kwanaki 100, malamin mortuary zai biya N4,000 ga jihar.
Yayin da wasu ‘yan jihar suka nuna adawa da harajin, Nnamani ya ce ba wanda aka hana binne gawarsa saboda harajin ba. Ya kuma ce manufar da ake nema ita ce kawo saurin binnewa da rage amfani da mortuaries.
