Farmers in Hadiya zone resume paying land tax 

 Hossana July 4(ENA)--Farmers in two woredas of Hadiya zone, South Ethiopian Peoples' State, have resumed paying land tax, which they disrupted for a year due to the malicious propaganda of some political parties, the zonal finance department said.

  Department head, Degole Irgano, told ENA recently that certain political organizations had influenced the farmers in Soro and Badwacho woredas not to pay land tax that was required of them.

  Failure of the farmers not to pay taxes on time had had a negative impact on the salary payment to civil servants in the localities, Degole said.

  He said the farmers have paid 1.7 million of the over 2.5 million Birr arrears since mid of last May.    

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