KOSSAA HAS COME TO STAY IN KOGI STATE.

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Kogi State Signage and Advertisement Agency (KOSSAA) is one of the agencies of Kogi State, established to carry out regulatory activities over outdoor advertising within the state and in collaboration with KGIRS and other level of government and Ministries in the state with regard to display of billboards, pasting of print, signage etc.

The agency which have the responsibilities to make sure that the outdoor advertising activities are carried out in line with the law establishing it.

It is expected that the statutory function that includes getting rid of indiscriminate planting of billboards, pasting of posters of political campaigns, commercial, social, religions activities are to ensure compliance with the standards of the law establishing it.

To this effect the consultant to Kogi State Government on Advertisement Tax Alhaji Ibrahim Aliyu visited the office and express his satisfaction over the establishment of the agency and ensure his support in the smooth running of the agency.

In his words “ Outdoor Advertisement is everywhere, it is the biggest outdoor advert purely for selling goods and any display made, someone must paid for it,
it is our job to monitor and regulate them.
KOSSAA as an institution is empowered by law to insure that any person that has outdoor advertisement in Kogi State must be paid for, and they are expected to register with KOSSAA to pay any necessary advertisement tax, every billboards and signage that is out to be displayed and every mobile and branded advert has to register with the agency and pay the appropriate fee for that year.
Our mandate is to ensure that people pay revenue through the agency in other to boost the economy of the State “

In addition to this, data analysis and capturing of different sides of billboards and signage in some parts of Lokoja metropolis was carryout.

He implored the support of the masses to ensure a cleaner and brighter Kogi State.

Amodu Gloria
Information officer
KOSSAA.

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